Han dynasty Highly stylized cicada form with crisply carved facets, together with the two incised lines near the top and a small notch in the center near the upper section forming the body parts of the insect, the other side undecorated. 2in (5cm) long,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:漢 玉蟬Jade burial cicada's come in a variety of types from the more detailed and naturalistic type, as illustrated by Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, London, 1995, p. 319, no. 24:8, to the more minimal in design, as in our example, with a few minor engraved cuts to show a simplified stylized form. For another cicada akin in simplicity to ours, see a dark olive-green example dated to the late Western Han or early Eastern Han (1st century BCE - 2nd Century CE) sold at Christie's, New York, Dongxi Studio - Important Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings from a Distinguished Private Collection, 2016, lot 934, where reference is also made to three other cicada carvings published in Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Jade Artifacts in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1982, pp.148-149, no's. 247, 250 and 252.