Photo Notes 玉卧羊形砚滴
lying sheep-shaped water dropper, Chinese, long 7cm, high-5.6cm, diameter 1.6cm. Qing collection.
This sheep-shaped water dropper jade quality, Tong Shen Qin brown spots, particularly serious head, into the dark brown corrosion by Qin. Sheep for the three-dimensional sculpture in the round, was kneeling horizontal, heads held high, the second round head straight ahead. Triangular face, double angular gyrus volume, affixed to the side of the head. Full body, limbs bent in the fuselage. Chest, now the Ministry of cheek and are decorated with incised lines at right hamstring, fine, short lines, arranged in neat rows. Jade has a circular cavity back the sheep, animals with cylindrical hole on the home button double cover. The Jade pit and the sheep's back cover and dual zoomorphic New York are like hollow belly production style Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, who therefore may be material to the Han Dynasty Jade water dropper made of sheep restructuring.
Han Yu sheep decorated with hand-carved Yinxian, fine, short lines, arranged in neat rows and the degree of bending is generally engraved on the neck, body sides, hamstring, and these features can be recognized as an important symbol of the Han Dynasty jade animals and the basis for dating.