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38     A GREEN JADE ‘RABBIT’
                   PENDANT
           ⓮ 䌱     SHANG - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
           军 晽     the ß at stone carved on both sides as a rabbit in proÞ le,
           大 ⃼     crouching as if ready to pounce, the face, tail, and alert ears
           ␐ġġġ ⼊  sharply incised, the fold of the ears indicated by shallow grooves,
               䎖   the stone a mossy green variegated with white and darker
                   patches, pierced at the tip of the ears                              38

                   Length 1½ in., 3.5 cm


                   PROVENANCE                                   Ը๕
                   C. T. Loo, New York, circa 1950.             䚏剡滳炻䲸䲬炻䲬IJĺĶı⸜
                   Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 22nd June 1981.  ŐųŪŦůŵŢŭġœŢųŪŵŪŦŴġĩłŭŢůġʼnŢųŵŮŢůĪ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹIJ⸜ķ㚰ijij㖍
                   Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)   ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚ằ⃟㓞
                   Irving, no. 10.
                                                                啷炻䶐嘇IJı
                   EXHIBITED                                    ࢝ᚎ
                   An Exhibition of Archaic Jades, C. T. Loo, Norton Gallery of Art,   ˪łůġņŹũŪţŪŵŪŰůġŰŧġłųŤũŢŪŤġŋŢťŦŴ˫炻䚏剡滳炻ŏŰųŵŰůġňŢŭŭŦųźġŰŧġ
                   West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950, pl. XXXIII, Þ g. 2.
                                                                łųŵ炻大㡽㪂䀀炻ἃ伭慴忼ⶆ炻IJĺĶı⸜炻⚾䇰řřřŊŊŊ炻⚾ij
                   $ 5,000-7,000




                                                        39      A BLACK AND BEIGE JADE
                                                                ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT
                                                       㜙 䌱      EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
                                                       ␐ġġġ 晽   the ß at stone carved as a sinuous dragon-Þ sh, the long body
                                                           漵    forming an S-curve with the chin tucked above the arced torso,
                                                           䲳    the tail splitting into two Þ ns coiling in opposite directions and
                                                           䎖    each terminating in a bifurcated tip, incised on both sides with
                                                                C-curls, the belly pierced with a small aperture

                                                                Length 4⅜ in., 11.2 cm


                                                                PROVENANCE
                                                                C. T. Loo, New York, from circa 1950.
                                                                Frank Caro, New York, 28th September 1982.
                                                                Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
                                                                Irving, no. 31.
                                                                EXHIBITED
                                                                Philadelphia, 1938 (by repute).
                                                                An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C. T. Loo, Norton Gallery
                                                                of Art, West Palm Beach, 1950, pl. XLII, no. 4. (one of a pair)
                                                                $ 8,000-12,000
                                                                Ը๕
                                                                䚏剡滳炻䲸䲬炻冒䲬IJĺĶı⸜
                                                                ⺿嗕⃳ɀ⌉伭炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹij⸜ĺ㚰ijĹ㖍
                                                                ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻
                                                                䶐嘇ĴIJ
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                                                                ࢝ᚎ
                                                                屣❶炻IJĺĴĹ⸜炷⁛炸
                                                                ˪łůġņŹũŪţŪŵŪŰůġŰŧġńũŪůŦŴŦġłųŤũŢŪŤġŋŢťŦŴ˫炻䚏剡滳炻ŏŰųŵŰůġ
                                                                ňŢŭŭŦųźġŰŧġłųŵ炻大㡽㪂䀀炻IJĺĶı⸜炻⚾䇰řōŊŊ炻䶐嘇ĵ炷℞ᶨ炸
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