† AN ALTERED JADE FIGURE OF A PIG, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

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† AN ALTERED JADE FIGURE OF A PIG, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY Expert authentication: Dr. Gu Fang has examined the present lot and confirms its authenticity and the dating above, noting the style of cutting, workmanship, thickness and quality of stone with decomposed areas indicating burial all suggest a dating to ca. 206 BCE – 9 CE. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A copy of Dr. Gu's signed expertise, dated 13 August 2025, accompanies this lot. Dr. Gu Fang (born 1962) is an internationally renowned scholar of Chinese art and a leading authority on jades. He graduated from the Department of Archaeology at the prestigious Beijing University in 1986 and later studied at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), where he now serves as a Senior Fellow specializing in archaeological excavations and Chinese jade research. A former visiting scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he has authored several books on Chinese jades, including the 15-volume The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (2007), one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, as well as Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (2012). China, 206 BC-9 AD. Naturalistically carved as a recumbent pig with legs neatly tucked beneath the body, the head well detailed with a prominent snout, almond shaped eyes, and pointy ears. The opaque stone is of an even ivory-white color due to alteration. Dimensions: Length 9.2 cm Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Chinese Archaic Jades from the Biao De Xuan Collection, 5 May 2026, lot 955 Price: HKD 2,560,000 or approx. EUR 283,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related Western Han dating, fully three-dimensional recumbent form, and size (8.4 cm). Note the differing color and surface condition of the stone. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie’s New York, 13 September 2017, lot 2781 Price: HKD 375,000 or approx. EUR 48,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the identical Western Han dating and closely corresponding length of 8.9 cm, as well as the related recumbent posture. Note that the lot comprises a pair and the creation is more stylized. 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU. 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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