cicada

Lot 185. A celadon and russet jade cicada, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); 6.4 by 3.1 cm. Lot sold: 189,000 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 modelled in the form of a stylised cicada with convex sides, finely incised with concise strokes denoting the eyes, folded wings and ribbed abdomen, perforated with two small apertures to the top edge. Provenance: R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 20th August 1986. Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade... [Lire la suite]

Lot 221. A calcified jade cicada, Han dynasty (206BC-220 AD); Length 2 in., 5.1 cm. Lot sold: 7,560 USD (Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Property Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Speed Art Museum. Provenance:- Christie's New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 15.  - Collection of William H. and Sophia H. Harrison. - Gifted to the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, in 2000 (acc. no. 2000.13.12). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 849. An archaic jade cicada, Shang dynasty (c. 1500-1050 BC); 4.9 cm. Lot sold: 81,900 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Provenance: A Taiwanese private collection. Sotheby's.Chinese Art Online: A Private Asian Collection, Hong Kong, 3 December 2021

Lot 111. A celadon jade figure of a cicada, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD); 7 cm, 2 ¾ in. Estimate: 80,000 - 100,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. skilfully modelled in the form of a stylised cicada, decorated on both sides with incised details, the stone of a variegated yellowish celadon colour with natural veining and occasional calcified areas. Property from the Hei-Chi Collection. Note:Sharply incised with concise strokes on both sides and modelled with elongated wings, this lustrous jade carving is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. A pair of grey jade pigs and a pair of grey jade cicadas, Han Dynasty or later. Each pig 11.8cm (4 5/8in) long; each cicada 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high. Estimate HK$ 20,000-30,000. Sold for HK$ 350,000 (€ 41,518). Photo: Bonhams. Each recumbent pig of long tubular form, with legs tucked at the sides, carved with a flat snout, incised eyes, and a small pierced tail, the stone of a grey tone with calcified chalky white areas; each cicada carved with protruding eyes and folded pointed wings, the calcified stone of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. A black and celadon jade figure of a cicada and a brown jade figure of a bird of prey, Ming dynasty or earlier; 7 and 5 cm, 2 3/4  and 2 in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 37,500 HKD (4,795 USD). © Sotheby's. the stylised cicada with extensive black inclusions to one side; the flying bird detailed with incised plumage, rounded eyes and a pointed beak. Provenance: Collection of Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), and thence by descent in the family. Sotheby's. Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Hexagonal dish with hydrangea and cicada, Ming Dynasty, Tianqi-Chongzhen Period, 1621-1644, Jingdezhen kilns, porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue, and polychrome overglaze enamels; 2.7 cm (height), 14.2 cm max. (diameter), at foot 7.7 cm (diameter). Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978. EA1978.1151. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Pu Ru (1896-1963), Cicada on autumn leaf. Photo courtesy Doyle New York Ink and color on silk. Signed, seal. Image 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Framed. Estimate $4,000-6,000  Doyle New York. Asian Works of Art. Monday, September 16, 2013 at 10am - http://www.doylenewyork.com

A gold and enamelled brooch in the form of a cicada by René Lalique, c.1902

Jade cicadas. China, Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century BC. Length: 6.000 cm (max.). Width: 3.300 cm (max.). On loan from a private collection OA 24:9. The British Museum. © 2003 Private Collection © Trustees of the British Museum The people of the Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) appear to have believed that jade offered some form of protection in the afterlife so that the deceased might continue to enjoy life after death in the manner in which they had lived life. The orifices of the deceased were... [Lire la suite]