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Resting Bear

Han style Bear with ruff
  • Bear rests on four legs looking intently.
  • Light green semi-opaque jade altered to russet color in areas, with pitting, spots of crystalization and calcification. 
  • Carved from the sold with no holes for suspension
  • 8.0 x 4.3 x 3.08cm
 
 Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade: from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, pp. 349-350, emphasizes the difficulty in dating small animal carvings. Her poster child: a Han style bear! I prefer to think, though, that this is one from that era.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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