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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A DOG A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A PHOENIX
Ming Dynasty Ming Dynasty
Deftly carved with its head turned backwards, with a naturalistically The bird smoothly carved with pointed beak and incised feathers to the
rendered nose, beady eyes and floppy ears, the long spine terminating wings and tail, its head swaying to its left, the legs tucked underneath
with a curled tail, the stone of pale green tone with russet and brown- the body, the stone of pale green tone with russet veins.
grey inclusions. 7cm (2 6/8in) long.
7cm (2 6/8in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
£4,000 - 6,000 CNY18,000 - 27,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000
明 青白玉雕鳳凰擺件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance: Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York
明 玉臥犬 Christie’s New York, 19 March 2015, lot 628

Compare with a related jade carving of a dog, Song/Ming dynasty, 來源：紐約安思遠（1929-2014）舊藏
illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and 紐約佳士得，2015年3月19日，拍品編號628
Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.38.

See a related yellow and russet jade carving of a recumbent dog,
Song/Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27
November 2018, lot 117. Compare also with a yellow and russet jade
dog, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 6 April
2016, lot 3001.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
110 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.