A PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A MAN
A PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A MAN

LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC

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A PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A MAN
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
The small pebble is carved in the round as a standing male figure exposing his bare chest. It is further depicted with round bulging eyes and the hands comfortably placed on his waist.
1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) high, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 141
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 141

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