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A WHITE JADE 'EAGLE AND BEAR' GROUP 宋 明 白玉雕英雄把Ы
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644)
Ϝ源
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,JSLOPSUPO珍藏
香港
The group is carved as an eagle perched on top of the bear's back and pecking at its snout,
"OUIPOZ $BSUFS
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with the mouth open and teeth bared. The stone is of a white tone with some areas of opaque
-+;珍藏
美४
mottling and fine russet veining.
展覽
1æ in. (4.4 cm.) long, cloth box
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$BSUFS 'JOF "SU -UE
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$30,000-50,000 "SDIBJTN $IJOFTF +BEFT GSPN UIF
,JSLOPSUPO $PMMFDUJPOǚ
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PROVENANCE: ֨ḛ
Malcolm Barnett, The Kirknorton Collection, Hong Kong. # .PSHBO及李Ώロ
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Anthony Carter, London, 26 September 1995. "SDIBJTN $IJOFTF +BEFT GSPN UIF
The LJZ Collection, United States. ,JSLOPSUPO $PMMFDUJPOǘ
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EXHIBITED: " $BSUFS
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London, Carter Fine Art Ltd., Naturalism & Archaism: Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton $IJOFTF +BEFTǘ
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年
頁
Collection, 1995. 編號
832
LITERATURE:
B. Morgan and Li Boqian, Naturalism & Archaism: Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A THREE-LEGGED 清十八世㈵ 白玉̶財兩旺把Ы
Collection, London, 1995, no. 21. TOAD WITH POMEGRANATES
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 24-25, no. 7. 18TH CENTURY Ϝ源
鍾華培熙墀珍藏
香港
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Compare the similar small white jade carving excavated from a tomb in Guiyang, Guizhou The three-legged toad is well-carved with a knobby backbone and webbed feet, and is shown
province, Guizhou Provincial Museum, illustrated by Gu Fang (ed.), The Complete with the head resting on a gnarled leafy branch bearing two pomegranates. The stone is of a -+;珍藏
美४
Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 12, Beijing, 2005, where it is dated Qing creamy white tone with patches of russet cleverly utilized to highlight the fruits. 展覽
dynasty and described as an eagle hunting a rabbit. However, the animal being attacked 香港
香港藝術館
Ǚ中४玉雕ǚ
年 月
1æ in. (4.5 cm.) wide
appears to be quite similar to the bear represented in the present carving. 日 月 日
$30,000-50,000 香港
香港藝術館
Ǚ中४肖生玉雕ǚ
年
月 日 月 日

(another view) PROVENANCE: ֨ḛ
Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong. 葉義
Ǘ中४玉雕ǘ
香港
年
頁
Anthony Carter, London, 5 January 2007.
編號
香港藝術館
Ǘ中४肖生玉雕ǘ
香港
年
The LJZ Collection, United States.
頁
編號
EXHIBITED: 姜濤及劉雲㍿
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年
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Carving, 21 October-24 December 1983. 頁
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, 19 April-14 July 1996. " $BSUFS
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$IJOFTF +BEFTǘ
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LITERATURE: 編號
Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, pp. 296-97, no. 284.
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 186, no. 178.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 196.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 84-85, no. 36.
The subject of this unusual carving, a three-legged toad with two pomegranates
represents the rebus dingcai liangwang (abundance of children and wealth). The use of the
natural russet skin of the white stone was cleverly used to highlight the pomegranates.

(another view)
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