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91 A BEIGE AND GREY JADE
‘SANYANG’ GROUP
⋩ 䌱 17TH CENTURY
ᶫ 晽 carved in the round as three recumbent rams, the two smaller
ᶾ ᶱ rams nuzzling against the parent, each with almond-shaped
䲨ġġġ 春 eyes, ß oppy ears, a pair of curved horns relaxed against the neck
攳 and a short goatee, a wisp of qi ß owing from the parent’s mouth
㲘 and forming a small cloud by the tail, a disc carved with a yin-
㒢 yang symbol rising from the cloud, the stone a translucent beige-
ẞ white with opaque dark gray inclusions

Length 5⅛ in., 13 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 25th April 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 207.
Compare two related ‘sanyang’ groups with the yin-yang symbol:
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a white jade example sold in these rooms, 12th September 2018,
lot 330; and a pale celadon example sold at Christie’s New York,
24th March 2011, lot 1462.
$ 10,000-15,000
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92 A PALE GREY AND BLACK JADE
‘MANDARIN DUCKS’ GROUP

⋩ 䌱 17TH CENTURY
ᶫ 晽 the pebble carved in high relief with the two birds looking at each
ᶾ 匟 other and resting on a lotus pad, the larger grasping a bunch of
䲨ġġġ 叱 lotus stems in the beak, one stem attached to a large blossom
泃 and another to an unfurling leaf, the smaller duck with a lotus
泎 bud, the base carved in low relief with a spray of swaying leaves,
㒢 the pale gray stone with black patches
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Length 2¾ in., 7 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Baroness Marie-Louise von Callenberg (1901-1982).
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1st August 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 228.

$ 6,000-8,000
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