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205 AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE BEIGE AND BROWN JADE CAMEL
TANG DYNASTY
唐 玉駱駝
naturalistically carved, the coiled recumbent animal depicted with the long neck elegantly curved to rest its head gently on its
fore hump, its face well defined with a lipped mouth, flared nostrils and rounded eyes, its pointed ears swept back, the raised
spine extending across the body, the softly polished stone with extensive russet brown veining
Width 2⅜ in., 6 cm
$ 200,000-300,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
36 JUNKUNC: ARTS OF ANCIENT CHINA II
