MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC

细节

A VERY SMALL AND RARE JADE PIG
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
The stone is carved in the round as a pig standing upright. It is carved utilising simple stroke lines and grooves rendering a lively representation of the animal with a curved snout and pointed ears. A small circular aperture is pierced through the neck of the animal.
1 1/2 in. (4 cm.) long, box

来源

The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999

出版

Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 83

展览

National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 83

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Stephenie Tsoi

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拍品专文

The present pig carving, though minimalistic in detail, makes use of simple stroke lines and grooves to conjure up a lively representation of the animal and is truly a testament to the artistry of the carver. The aperture underneath the neck suggests it might have been worn as a pendant. Compare to a flattened jade pig excavated in a tomb in Zhangjiapocun in Shaanxi, which, similar to the present piece, is also incised with two curved lines on the body to represent the muscles in the front and hind legs (fig. 1). This example, dating to the Western Zhou period, is also 4 cm. long and is currently in the collection of Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji 2- Shang & Western Zhou, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pl. 228 (left).

MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC

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