A FINELY CARVED GREYISH-GREEN JADE 'RAM'S HEAD' FINIAL
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A FINELY CARVED GREYISH-GREEN JADE 'RAM'S HEAD' FINIAL

WESTERN HAN (206 BC - AD 8)

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A FINELY CARVED GREYISH-GREEN JADE 'RAM'S HEAD' FINIAL
WESTERN HAN (206 BC - AD 8)
Carved from a jade plaque with the profile of the animal head, well worked on either side in shallow relief to depict the facial features of the ram, its horns curling backwards and the fur represented with scale-like details around the neck, drilled with a hole on the neck and hollowed at the end for attachment, the stone of greyish-green tone with dark brown inclusions at the extremities
1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long, box
來源
Baron and Baroness von Oertzen Collection
出版
S. Howard Hansford, Jade - Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, no. B58, p. 89
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium