lOT 627. A small grey and buff jade figural pendant, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 8).1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019.

The pendant is carved as a standing figure wearing a long, wide-sleeved robe and a hat, and is pierced on each side through the waist. The now opaque jade is of grey and buff color. 

Provenance: J. T. Tai & Co., New York, 1964.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
Else Sackler.
Elizabeth A. Sackler.

Note: Compare the similarly rendered jade figure of a man dated to the Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century BC and of comparable small size (3.9 cm.) illustrated by Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 285, fig. 19:7.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 September 2019.