RARE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BIXIE WESTERN HAN
RARE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BIXIE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 西漢 青白玉雕辟邪 the mythical beast carved in round, prowling with the right front leg striding forward, its head baring with ferocious teeth and bulging eyes, the muscular body of the horned beast rendered with a large pair of wings extending from the front haunches and detailed with fine plumage, echoing the contours of the long tail, its abdomen carved in relief with male feature, the celadon stone suffused with faint russet inclusions (7.5cm wide) Qty: (1) Footnote: Provenance: Private English collection Note: A closely related carved jade bixie, also dated to the Han dynasty in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 240, no. 201. Compare also to another bixie dated to the Western Han dynasty in the collection of the Xianyang Museum in Shaanxi province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-qin han, vol. 4, Shijiazhuang, 1993, p. 109, no. 148.
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RARE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BIXIE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 西漢 青白玉雕辟邪 the mythical beast carved in round, prowling with the right front leg striding forward, its head baring with ferocious teeth and bulging eyes, the muscular body of the horned beast rendered with a large pair of wings extending from the front haunches and detailed with fine plumage, echoing the contours of the long tail, its abdomen carved in relief with male feature, the celadon stone suffused with faint russet inclusions (7.5cm wide) Qty: (1) Footnote: Provenance: Private English collection Note: A closely related carved jade bixie, also dated to the Han dynasty in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 240, no. 201. Compare also to another bixie dated to the Western Han dynasty in the collection of the Xianyang Museum in Shaanxi province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-qin han, vol. 4, Shijiazhuang, 1993, p. 109, no. 148.
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