A celadon jade 'pig' pendant and a celadon jade 'cicada' pendant, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture | 新石器時代 紅山文化 青玉豬型及蟬形玉飾

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1994-2002.

1994至2002年購於香港

The motif of the pig is commonly found on jade carvings from the Hongshan culture. Compare a pig ornament with similar treatment of carving to the nose and ears as the present jade pig in the Tianjin Museum, illustrated in Jades Wares Collected by Tianjin Museum, Beijing, 2012, pl. 10. The pig motif often is found as the head of the pig-dragon pendant. Jade pigs, such as the present one, with a cylindrical body are quite rare. See a Hongshan-culture jade beast with similar jade quality, carved into the shape of a beast head atop a plain bead published in ibid., pl. 11. For a comparable example of the jade cicada, refer to a Hongshan-culture jade cicada with a slightly squared head in the Balinyouqi Museum, published in Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2005, vol. 2, p. 29.

青玉質，一作豬首，身圓錐形，前後穿孔；一作蟬形，兩側開孔。 

豬乃紅山文化玉器常見題材，可參考天津博物館藏一件紅山豬首飾件，耳鼻處理與本件近似，見《天津博物館藏玉》，北京，2012年，圖版10。豬首常作豬龍珮，然而此件身體圓錐頗少見，天津博物館藏一件紅山文化玉獸形態玉質類似，上作獸首，下體圓鼓光素，見前書，圖版11。玉蟬則可參考巴林右旗博物館藏一件紅山文化玉蟬，惟頭部較方，見古方，《中國出土玉器全集》，北京，2005年，卷2，頁29。