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729 A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BEAST 藝臻期頤-MARCHANT珍藏中國藝術品
AND BIRD
(another view)
18TH CENTURY

The jade is carved as a bird with a hooked beak perched on
the back of a recumbent mythical beast with claws and an
incised beard. Both animals are incised with archaistic scroll
details and the stone is of an even white color streaked with
some russet inclusions on one side.
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) long, box

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

Helen D. Ling, Singapore, 1972.
Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Dunstone, MBE, Collection,
Wiltshire, England.

清十八世紀 白玉英雄把件

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