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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
110.
AN ARCHAIC JADE CICADA
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)
with angular projecting eyes and pointed wings defined by deep slash-cuts.
Length 2 inches (5.1 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 74
A similar cicada from a Han dynasty tomb at Hanjiang, Jiangsu province is illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 7, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Beijing, 2005, p. 134.
漢 玉蟬 長5.1厘米
來源 藍理捷1993特展圖錄第74號
