J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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A MOTTLED GREEN JADE STANDING FIGURE
Late Eastern Zhou/ Qin Dynasty, 3rd Century B.C.
the highly simplified human figure carved from a slightly tapered thick quadrangular block, the oval head with flat face very lightly incised with eyes, nose and mouth, an incised band cut straight across the torso and joined to sloping grooves on the sides to indicate the folded arms, the dark green jade with lighter mottling throughout, remains of earth and cinnabar on the softly polished surface.
Height 4 3⁄4 inches (12.1 cm)
Two similarly carved small stone figures with highly simplified block form bodies and incised facial features discovered at the late Eastern Zhou site of Qin Gong cemetery at Fengxiang, Shaanxi province are illustrated in line drawings published in Wenwu, 1983, No. 7, p. 35, nos. 12 and 13.
Compare also the green jade simplified plaque form figures with incised facial features unearthed at Lujiakou and Lianzhicun in the northern suburbs of Xi’an city, Shaanxi province illustrated in Shaanxi chutu Dong Zhou yuqi (Eastern Zhou Jades Unearthed in Shaanxi), Beijing, 2006, pp. 204-205, nos. GW21-GW22, described as late Warring States period.
Two similar very simply carved plaque form figures each with an angular topknot at one side of the head are illustrated by Bai (ed.), Tianjin bowuguan cang yu (Jade Wares Collected by the Tianjin Museum), Beijing, 2012, p. 98, no. 81; and by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 284, no. 19:4, described as Qin dynasty carvings.
東周晚期 / 秦 玉俑 高 12.1 厘米
