WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A JADE COW AND A JADE CALF
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The group is comprised of a mother cow gazing lovingly down at its calf, the calf looking up with its feet tucked underneath the body, seeking affection from its mother.
Cow: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long, calf: 1 5/8 in. (4.3 cm.) long, box

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Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

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Lot Essay

Compare to a jade cow similarly carved with head titling up and feet tucked under the body, dating to the Western Han dynasty, unearthed from the Xijiaqucun site in Pucheng, Shaanxi province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China- 14 – Shaanxi, Beijing, 2005, p. 159 (fig. 1).

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