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WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
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A PAIR OF JADE PIGS
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Each rounded, rectangular stone is carved as a recumbent pig with flat snout, circular eyes and deep, slanting grooves that delineate the ears, the front and rear legs.
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) long, box
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Each rounded, rectangular stone is carved as a recumbent pig with flat snout, circular eyes and deep, slanting grooves that delineate the ears, the front and rear legs.
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 83
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 83
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