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A LARGE YELLOWISH-BROWN AND OPAQUE
BUFF JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT TIGER
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD
Possibly used as a pillow or arm rest, the recumbent beast with broad
face and body has a long tail flicked onto one side, and the flat base is
carved with a lengthy archaistic inscription. The stone is an opaque buff
color and has a satiny polish.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) long

$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

A very similar jade carving is in the Harvard Art Museums/
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886,
Fig. 1 Pillow or Desk Sculpture in the form of a Recumbent Tiger, Harvard Art
no. 1941.169. (Fig. 1) Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of
1886, accession no. 1941.169 ©President and Fellows of Harvard College.

圖一：哈佛大學美術館，Grenville L. Winthrop（1886屆）捐贈 © 哈佛大學
晚清/民國 褐玉臥虎
來源:
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。

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