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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION | 瓊肯珍藏重要中國藝術

~642
A YELLOW AND PALE RUSSET JADE FIGURE 明 黃褐玉雕瑞獸
OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) 來源:
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏，入藏於1958年前。
The turned head of the seated beast is well carved with a short beak,
a hair-incised beard, rounded eyes and floppy ears, and the tail is curled 出版:
up onto the rear haunches. There are areas of pale russet color and some A. Salmony,《Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty》 紐約,
opaque buff alteration in the yellow stone. 1963, 圖版 XXXIV-3。
3Ω in. (9 cm.) long, hongmu stand
$10,000-15,000
A similar combination of a crouching four-legged beast with
PROVENANCE:
the head of a bird can be seen in a carnelian agate carving
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection, before 1958.
sold in The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Part III,
LITERATURE: Chinese Works of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass and Jade Carvings,
A. Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, New York, 1963, Christie’s New York, 19 May 2015, lot 623. (Fig. 1)
pl. XXXIV-3.

Fig 1. A carnelian agate figure of a mythical beast, The Collection of Robert Hatfield
Ellsworth, Part III, Chinese Works of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass and Jade Carvings,
Christie’s New York, 19 May 2015, lot 623.
圖一：錦瑟華年 - 安思遠私人珍藏第二部分，紐約，2015年5月19日，拍品623。

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