J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
109.
AN ARCHAIC JADE CICADA
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 9)
of elegantly simplified form, the wings rising from the flat base to a central ridge, a deep notch at the neck, the silvery white stone polished to a high gloss.
Length 2 inches (5 cm)
Compare the similar jade cicada excavated in 1957 at Houchuan, Xiaxian, Henan province illustrated in Zhongguo guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu: yuqi juan (Studies of the Collection of the National Museum of China: Jade), Shanghai, 2007, p. 193, no. 143, described as early Western Han.
西漢 玉蟬 長5厘米