PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 熙墀收藏
A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A RAM SONG DYNASTY | 宋 青白玉臥羊
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October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Property from the Hei-Chi Collection
A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A RAM
SONG DYNASTY
熙墀收藏
宋 青白玉臥羊
the pebble worked to depict a recumbent ram with hiꦍs head turned sharply to his left towards his broad heart-shaped tail, the legs and hoof well carved in high relief, the celadon stone with russet patches
5.3 cm, 2 ⅛ in.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 153 bottom.
姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁153下
Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carvings, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no𝓰. 139.
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, ca🔜t. no. 92.
葉義，《中國玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，1983年，編號139
《中國肖生玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，1996年，編號92
This finely carved and polished figure is an excellent example of the Song carver's ability to observe and sensitively render the innate nature of their subject. For examples of ram figures lying recumbent with their heads turned inward, see one sold in these rooms, 20th November 1984, lot 540; another, from the Katchen collection, sold in our London rooms, 14th December 1971, lot 46; and a third example from the Shuisongshi Shanfang collection, included in the exhibition Exquisite Jade Carving, The Universit♏y Museum and Arไt Gallery, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 81.