AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE CARVING OF A RAM EMERGING FROM A PEBBLE
AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE CARVING OF A RAM EMERGING FROM A PEBBLE
AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE CARVING OF A RAM EMERGING FROM A PEBBLE
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AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE CARVING OF A RAM EMERGING FROM A PEBBLE

SOUTHERN SONG-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY

细节
1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long
来源
Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York.
Anthony Carter, London, 29 March 2004.
The LJZ Collection, United States.
出版
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 38-39, no. 14.

荣誉呈献

Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦) Head of Department, VP, Specialist

拍品专文

The two-character inscription on the underside of the present carving, chi shi, is shortened from the idiom chi shi cheng yang, which literally means to “scold” a rock to transfigure into a ram. Originally derived from an essay written by the Tang-dynasty scholar-official Gu Yun, the phrase refers to a mystical or miraculous transformation.

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