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

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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE FIGURE 清乾隆 白玉雕瑞獸
OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
來源:
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
The figure is shown in a recumbent position with head facing forward.
The head is finely detailed and the body is carved with angular scrolls
on the ears, wing-like, curving scrolls on the haunches, and fine hair The scrolls on the haunches of this finely carved figure
markings on the beard and tail. The white stone is well polished. have their antecedents in the flame-like scrolls carved
on the haunches of jade carvings of mythical beasts of
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long
earlier date, such as the greyish-white and pale brown
jade figure of a recumbent mythical beast, dated Song
$50,000-70,000
dynasty, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Chinese
PROVENANCE: Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 112-13, no. 86. On
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection. the present figure, the flames have become more ornate
and even more decorative.

(another view)

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