Ram, 羊 yang, is a homophone for 'positive force', 陽 yang, the male principle signifying spirit and breath of life, which is said to return towards the end of winter and at the beginning of spring. The ram kneeling down with hooves tucked in is also representative of the Confucian philosophy of filial piety.|See a related example of a white jade ram spewing forth taiji, sold in these Rooms, 26 May 2013, lot 190.|白色玉質，此羊作回首俯伏狀，前肢半屈，臥於卷雲上。面部呈三角形，雙角飾羅紋，長而回卷，貼於頭部兩側，顎下長鬚，口銜浮雕靈芝，羊身光素無紋飾。整體雕刻線條自然流暢，玉質瑩潤，玲瓏精巧。|羊與「陽」和「祥」諧音，有著吉祥如意的寓意。可參考香港邦瀚斯曾售出的一件白玉帶皮靈羊擺件，2013年5月26日，編號190。