California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 11, 2022  June 11, 2022

 Lot # 5068 
A CHINESE WHITE JADE RAM FIGURAL CROUP    清 白玉子母羊紙鎮


  • Dimension: Height: 1 5/8 in (4.0 cm) Length: 2 7/8 in (7.0 cm) Width: 2 5/8 in (6.5 cm) Weight: 240.0g
  • Estimate From: $1500
  • Estimate To: $1800

Carved with a recumbent ram with a young beside, grabbing a lingzhi spray in mouth, the stone of an even celadon-white tone. Qing Dynasty period.


此玉羊造型生動、簡潔明快、圓潤豐滿、體態優美。其質地精良,瑩潤凝練,色澤柔順。玉羊伏臥,回首凝眸,溫順可人。清代玉雕羊,比前代更加寫實,造型十分準確,骨骼、肌肉的表現更加突出,使羊之溫順的性情與柔美的形態得以極好的展現。西漢大儒董仲舒有云:“羊,祥也,故吉禮用之,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。