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101 A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE
‘DRAGON’ BOULDER
㶭 䘥 QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
⋩ 䌱 of oblong form, carved in high relief with a sinuous three-clawed
ḅ 晽 dragon emerging from a billowing cloud, the face boldly rendered
ᶾ 暚 with a pronounced snout, protruding eyes, thick horns, and
䲨ġġġ 漵 elongated whiskers, all surrounded by a vigorously swirling cloud
徥 enveloping most of the creature’s body aside from a few areas
㚰 where the scaly skin or a clawed foot push to the surface, the
䲳 rising moon at one end incised with a bird, the stone a milky
㒢 white tone with patches of opaque russet, wood stand (2)
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Length 4⅞ in., 12.5 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Collection of Eliot G. Fitch. ņŭŪŰŵġňįġŇŪŵŤũġ㓞啷
Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), 19th October 1981. ŐųŪŦůŵŢŭġœŢųŪŵŪŦŴġĩłŭŢůġʼnŢųŵŮŢůĪ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹIJ⸜
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) IJı㚰IJĺ㖍
Irving, no. 235. ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸
暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ijĴĶ
$ 10,000-15,000

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