東漢 玉握豬, Crouching Pig, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220), 1st–2nd century, China, Jade (nephrite), H. 1 1/8 in. ( cm); L. 4 1/2

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東漢 玉握豬, Crouching Pig, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220), 1st–2nd century, China, Jade (nephrite), H. 1 1/8 in. ( cm); L. 4 1/2 in. ( cm), Jade, Small images of pigs—a symbol of wealth in ancient China—sculpted of jade or soapstone, were often placed in the hands of the deceased to express the wish for wealth in the afterlife

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