JADE CALCIFIÉ EN FORME DE COCHONDynastie Han (206 av. J.-C. - 220 ap. J.-C.) A CALCIFIED JADE CARVING OF A PIG Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) The creamy calcified recumbent jade pig of elongated form, the ears tucked back, the face with prominent snout and incised furrowed brow, the eyes outlined with red pigment; together with an archaistic jade bangle, late Qing dynasty/Republic period (1800-1949), of mottled greyish-green hue, carved with five taotie masks within key-fret borders. The pig 11.5cm (4 1/2in) long; the bangle 8.5cm (3 3/8in) diam. (2). Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired before 1935 Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) It was believed that jade pigs were placed for protection of the dead. This practice is connected with the Daoist belief, as stated in the 4th century text Baopuzi by Ge Hong, 'when gold and jade plug the nine orifices, man dies but his body does not decay'. Pairs of jade pigs were placed in the hands of the deceased. Funerary jade pigs from this period are often carved with a few deep calculated cuts, known as the 'Eight Cuts of Han'.pare similarly carved jade pigs, Han dynasty, illustrated in the pendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 4 , Beijing, 2011, p.130, nos.152-153. 漢 玉豬 及清/民國 玉鐲 一組兩件 來源： 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏