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SPECIAL SPRING AUCTION, 26 MARCH 2025 - 1ST SESSION: ASIAN ART

Carved jade figure, ‘Bear’, Eastern Zhou dynasty

Awarded For. 350 €
Lot 258.
Description.

Jade carving in the shape of a bear, brown in colour with a reddish patina due to age. It is in a squatting posture, with its hands resting on its knees, facing forward, as well as its face and feet. Both the sides and the back of the body are decorated with incised scrolls with great skill. Bears were animals that frequented mountains and forests, so it is common to see them depicted on the body-coverings. Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-221 BC) or later.

Size: 5.6 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm

Weight: 57 g

Carved jade figure, ‘Bear’, Eastern Zhou dynasty
 
Carved jade figure, ‘Bear’, Eastern Zhou dynasty
Carved jade figure, ‘Bear’, Eastern Zhou dynasty
Carved jade figure, ‘Bear’, Eastern Zhou dynasty
Carved jade figure, ‘Bear’, Eastern Zhou dynasty
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