• Dimension: Height: 1 3/4 in (4.2 cm) Length: 2 7/8 in (7.0 cm) Width: 1 2/8 in (3.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $1800
• Estimate To: $2800

Chinese. The translucent white stone skilfully worked in the form of a recumbent ram with its head turned backwards, finely rendered with a pair of striated curved horns, the haunches decorated with a yin-yang motif, with a fitted wood stand. Qing Dynasty period.

採用上等和田羊脂白玉，玉質潔白細膩，瑩潤光潔，油脂感十足，略帶黃色原籽皮色。臥羊造型寫實，作回首狀，雕刻精湛，打磨渾圓飽滿。四足跪臥，前足屈收，後足貼於體側，羊角粗壯有力，後卷彎曲，口銜靈芝，神情可愛活潑，身體壯碩有力，《說文解字》說：“羊，祥也，”“吉祥”常常通假寫作“吉羊”，漢瓦當中亦有“大吉羊”之字樣。加之古人認為“美”與“善”皆與羊相關，因此，以羊作裝飾多為寄託吉祥美好的願望。帶木座。