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102 A BEIGE AND RUSSET JADE
‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ CARVING
㖶ġġġ 䌱 MING DYNASTY
晽 recumbent with head slightly turned, one paw raised towards
䐆 the face with large eyes, a ruyi-shaped nose, and ß at rectangular
䌠 snout, the mouth open to expose the teeth and a recessed
㈲ tongue, a curved row of bosses extending down the body to
ẞ delineate the spine, the claws, fur, and curly eyebrows Þ nely
incised, the stone a deep honey gradating to beige

Length 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Alfred Salmony (1890-1958).
Collection of Frederick M. Mayer (d. 1974).
Christie’s London, 24-25 June 1974, lot 175.
Spink & Son, London, 25th May 1983.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 123.
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LITERATURE
Roger Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1995, p. 91, Þ g. 4.
$ 6,000-8,000

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łŭŧųŦťġŔŢŭŮŰůźġĩIJĹĺıĮIJĺĶĹĪġ㓞啷
ŇųŦťŦųŪŤŬġŎįġŎŢźŦųġĩIJĺĸĵ⸜必Īġ㓞啷
ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿IJĺĸĵ⸜ķ㚰ijĵ军ijĶ㖍炻䶐嘇IJĸĶ
ŔűŪůŬġħġŔŰů炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹĴ⸜Ķ㚰ijĶ㖍
ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚 103 A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE
ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇IJijĴ CARVING OF A CRANE
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㶭 䘥 QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
œŰŨŦųġŌŦŷŦųůŦġ䶐炻˪ŋŢťŦ˫炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĺĶ⸜炻枩 ⋩ 䌱
ĺIJ炻⚾ĵ ℓ 晽 the recumbent bird with its head turned back grasping a fruiting
peach sprig in its beak, the wing and tail feathers delicately
ᶾ 浜 incised with Þ ne lines, the feet fucked neatly under the body,
䲨ġġġ ⢥ the even white stone skillfully carved to incorporate patches of
⺞ russet in the breast and feet
⸜
㈲
ẞ Length 2⅛ in., 5.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 5th February 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 333.
$ 4,000-6,000

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ŐųŪŦůŵŢŭġœŢųŪŵŪŦŴġĩłŭŢůġʼnŢųŵŮŢůĪ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹı⸜ij㚰Ķ㖍
ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚ằ
⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĴĴĴ
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