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A CARVED WHITE JADE THUMB RING 清十八/十九世紀 白玉雕亭台樓閣詩文扳指 「子岡」款
18TH-19TH CENTURY
銘文：「君子比德於玉溫潤而澤」
One side is carved with a pavilion next to a pine tree growing
from the side of a mountain, and the reverse with a poetic
來源:
inscription followed by a Zigang signature. The semi- 史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
translucent stone is of even white color.
1º in. (3.2 cm.) diam.
This finely carved white thumb ring bears the signature
$12,000-18,000 of Lu Zigang, the famous sixteenth-century Suzhou jade
carver. As here, the jade works bearing his signature
PROVENANCE:
characteristically exhibit low-relief carving of calligraphic
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
inscriptions paired with motifs common to literati painting.
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