EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)

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A JADE PIG
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
The well-polished stone is realistically carved as a pig with a flat snout and curled tail lying on its feet.
4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992

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Lot Essay

This jade carving, with a curved bodyline, shaped snout and tail, is more realistically represented than most jade pigs from the Han dynasty. A very similar jade pig dating to the late Eastern Han dynasty was unearthed from Tomb no. 1 in Dongyuancun in Haoxian, Anhui province, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji, vol. 9, Jade, Beijing, 1986, pl. 195 (fig. 1).

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