CHINA, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

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AN IVORY-COLORED OPAQUE JADE FIGURE OF A PIG
CHINA, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Of rounded, rectangular shape carved as a recumbent pig with flat snout above a pierced narrow tab, with deep, slanting grooves indicating the ears, front and rear legs and the pierced tail, the stone now of opaque ivory and buff tone with traces of russet color
4 ½ in. (11.3 cm.) long, box

Provenance

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1971.

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Lot Essay

A pair of jade pigs of this type, illustrated by S. Jenyns in Chinese Archaic Jades in the British Museum, London, 1951, pl. XXXII (top), have a block-like appearance, and exhibit the same kind of opaque alteration, and are described, p. xxxvi, as of light green and white color. Another pair of similar Han jade pigs, from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, is illustrated by M. Loehr in Ancient Chinese Jades, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, p. 387, no. 555.
A pair of similar pigs was sold at Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1672.

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