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A celadon and russet jade cicada, Han dynasty | 漢 玉蟬

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October 9, 07:30 AM GMT

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20,000 - 30,000 HKD

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A celadon and russet jade cicada,

Han dynasty

漢 玉蟬


modelled in the form of a stylised cicada with convex sides, finely incised with concise strokes denoting the eyes, folded wings and ribbed abdomen, perforated with two small apertures to the top edge


6.4 by 3.1 cm

R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 20th August 1986.


安思遠,紐約,1986年8月20日

Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 24:8.


羅森,《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》,倫敦,1995年,圖版24:8

British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.


大英博物館,倫敦,借展,1995年