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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘BUDDHIST
LION’ CARVING
Ming Dynasty
The beast expertly carved with curly mane, bushy
eyebrows above bulging eyes and flaring nostrils,
holding a diaper-patterned ball beneath its right paw
and a ribbon in the mouth, tail swept to one side
and feet tucked beneath the body, the pale stone
with patches of russet. 5cm (2in) high.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY44,000 - 70,000

明 白玉帶皮瑞獅戲球把件

Provenance: a distinguished English private collection

來源：英國顯貴私人收藏

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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A LUDUAN
18th century
The recumbent mythical animal grasping a sprig of
auspicious lingzhi fungus in its jaws and paws and
legs neatly tucked underneath the body, detailed
with bulging eyes and a single curved horn, its well-
defined bushy tail swaying around the right haunch,
the translucent stone of an attractive even pale-
white tone. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) long.

55 £4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000

十八世紀 白玉雕甪端把件

Provenance: a distinguished English private collection

來源：英國顯貴私人收藏

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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING
OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
17th/18th century
The recumbent beast facing forwards with fore-
paws tucked neatly beneath the body, clasping a
sprig of auspicious lingzhi fungus in its jaws beneath
bulbous eyes and ruyi-shaped ears, with knobbly
spine descending towards the finely-incised bushy
tail flicked over the rear right haunch, the pale green
stone with russet inclusions. 8cm (3 1/8in) long.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY44,000 - 70,000

十七/十八世紀 青白玉帶皮瑞獸擺件

Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter exhibition,
London, 2006, no.96
A distinguished English private collection

來源：2006年購於倫敦Roger Keverne Ltd.，
「冬季展覽」，編號96
英國顯貴私人收藏
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