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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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十七/十八世紀 黃褐玉雕雙瑞獸
A PALE YELLOW AND PALE RUSSET JADE
ANIMAL GROUP 來源:
17TH-18TH CENTURY 史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
The group is carved as a recumbent mythical beast with a small, rounded
horn on its head shown beside its young, their heads turned towards each
other. The details of the claws on the bottom of the feet are finely carved. The depiction of an adult animal with its young was a popular
The stone of yellowish-white color has areas of pale russet color. subject in jade carvings dating from the Song dynasty through
the Qing dynasty. A group in the collection of His Majesty
2√ in. (7.3 cm.) long
The King of Sweden, exemplifies the bond between a mother
and her young that is represented in these jade carvings. See
$80,000-120,000
Desmond Gure, "Selected Examples from the Jade Exhibition
PROVENANCE: at Stockholm, 1963; A Comparative Study," B.M.F.E.A., No. 36,
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection. 1964, pp. 117-158, Pl. 33 (3).