CHINA 1910 QING DYNASTY RAM AMULET CARVED IN NEPHRITE BROWNISH JADEITE
CARVED RAM AMULET FROM THE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911).
A PORTABLE AMULET SCULPTURE OF AN WITH THE RESTING FIGURE OF A RAM, FROM THE CHINESE, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) PERIOD, Circa 1910 CENTURY. IT WAS HAND CARVED FROM NATURAL TRANSLUCENT BROWNISH JADE SHOWING THE FIGURE OF A SEATED RESTING RAM WITH ORGANICS MOTIFS BEHIND.
A VERY NICE PIECE, WITH GREAT CARVED DETAILS AROUND. IS SUITED WITH A PAIR OF TINY HOLES ON TOP TO WEAR INTO A CORD OR TO CARRY ON, IN A POCKET.
THIS PRESENTATION CARVED SCULPTURE, HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 128.7 Grams (643.5 Carats) AND A MEASURES OF 75.2 BY 47.3 BY 25.7 mm (2.96 x 1.86 x 1.01 Inches).
THE RAM IS ONE OF THE TWELVE ANIMALS OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC. THE RAM MEANING AROUND THE ASIAN WORLD IS RELATED TO THE MALE SYMBOL YANG AND THE SUN. ON THE OTHER SIDE, SHEEP SYMBOLISM IS STRONGLY CONNECTED TO THE IDEA OF RESPECT AND FULFILLMENT.
THE RAM HAS APPEARED IN ARTWORKS AND CONSIDERED AUSPICIOUS ANIMAL SYMBOL THROUGHOUT CHINESE HISTORY THANKS TO ITS AUSPICIOUS IMPLICATIONS. ACCORDING TO SHUOWEN BY XU SHEN, THE RAM, OR YANG IN CHINESE, MEANS AUSPICIOUSNESS OR GOOD FORTUNE (XIANG). FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, TAI, OR PEACE, HEXAGRAM (AS REPRESENTED BY SYMBOLS), IS COMPOSED HARMONIOUSLY OF YIN AND YANG ELEMENTS, WHILE THREE YANG FORM THE BASE OF IT. IT SYMBOLIZES PEACE THROUGHOUT THE HEAVENS AND EARTH. FURTHER, FOLLOWING THE GRADUAL ECLIPSES OF YIN LINES BY YANG IN PRECEDING HEXAGRAMS, THE TAI HEXAGRAM MARKS THE CUMULATIVE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSIT FROM WINTER TO SPRING, FROM OLD YEAR TO THE NEW, SPECIFICALLY THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND THE FIRST LUNAR MONTH. THIS HAPPY COURSE OF EVENTS, REPLETE WITH ALL THE AUSPICIOUS PROSPECTS INHERENT IN THE TAI HEXAGRAM IS EMBODIED BY THE THREE YANG.
PROVENANCE: A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN NEW YORK CITY COLLECTED IN THE 1964; T.K. ASIAN ANTIQUITIES GALLERY, WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA; A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN PALM BEACH FL; THEN PURCHASED BY JAMES & NANCY MARKELL, VIRGINIA 1976; THEN BY DESCENT TO LAUREN MARKLAND, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.; ACQUIRED IN PALM BEACH, FL. IN MARCH 7, 2021.
THIS PIECE OF JADE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION, SEMI-TRANSLUCENT AND WITH VERY SMOOTH SURFACE.
INVENTORY REF: P0000JMEN/.1111
