Arts d'Asie

A small russet and yellow jade figure of a pig, Tang dynasty or earlier | 唐或更早黃玉豬

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June 15, 03:38 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 EUR

Lot Details

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A small russet and yellow jade figure of a pig

Tang dynasty, or earlier

Length 3.4 cm, 1⅜ in.

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Petite sculpture d'un cochon en jade jaune et rouille, dynastie Tang ou antérieur

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唐或更早黃玉豬

C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, acquired in 1997.

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慎德堂，台北，得自1997年

C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, 1997 yearly calendar, June month.

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慎德堂1997年曆6月份，台北

Compare two related examples, one in the Bei Shan Tang collection and the second in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, both attributed to the Six Dynasties and illustrated in James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, pls. 16 and 17, p. 46; a related example in black and grayish jade, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th April 2010, lot 1988; and another attributed to the Han Dynasty or later, sold in our London rooms, 6th November 2019, lot 239.

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A small russet and yellow jade figure of a pig, Tang dynasty or earlier | 唐或更早 黃玉豬

A small russet and yellow jade figure of a pig, Tang dynasty or earlier | 唐或更早黃玉豬