西漢 玉人一對

each finely rendered as a standing lady with elbows bent and hands held before the waist, portrayed dressed in a long robe flaring near the hem, one rendered with the left hand concealed in the right sleeve and the right hand resting on the left sleeve, depicted with her hair neatly tied into a knot secured by a hairpin with a short curling end falling behind the head, the other with the left hand held before the chest and the right placed on the left sleeve, further depicted with hair arranged into a coiled bun above a pony-tail, the stone of a mottled white colour with variegated brown calcification

熙墀收藏

姜濤及劉雲輝編，《熙墀藏玉續》，北京，2012年，頁70及71

Good condition, with typical calcification to the stone and other general surface wear. Please note the colour of the stone is slightly darker in reality.
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立俑白玉帶褐皮，小處沁斑。兩玉人五官清秀，面容祥和，高矮略有差。均著右衽深衣，腰系紳帶，典型的漢服傳統。一人盤髻小辮，一人垂髮長辮，雙手攏袖於腰腹前。此器雕琢簡練細膩，刀法粗獷遒勁，頗具神韻。

漢代出土玉人多以小件片雕的各式舞人造型居多，此類較大體型、成對出現，拱手站立的立體圓雕非常罕見，其造型多見於漢代的彩繪陶俑、木俑。

關氏收藏中有一相類玉人，尺寸較小，但立姿與此接近，展於《關氏所藏中國古玉》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1994年，編號236。