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A LARGE MOTTLED DARK GREEN AND BROWNISH-BLACK 明十七世紀 青玉瑞獅獻靈芝擺件
JADE BUDDHIST LION
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
來源:
The beast is boldly carved in a recumbent position with its front and hind
legs tucked beneath its body and its tail ficked over its rear haunches. It is 英國George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939)舊藏
carved with an animated expression, and its head is turned to the left with a
lingzhi fungus in its mouth. The stone is of a deep green tone to the base which 於1953年5月購自倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
lightens to an opaque calcifed tone on the upper sections.
8 in. (23 cm.) wide 英國私人珍藏,現藏家祖母於1953年所購,家傳至今
£25,000-40,000 US$33,000-52,000
€30,000-46,000 展覽:
PROVENANCE: Manchester Art Gallery, 1913年 (Spink收據)
George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939) Collection.
With Spink & Son Ltd., London, May 1953. Exhibition of Chinese Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1915
Private English Collection, acquired by the vendor’s grandmother in 1953, and 年, 由英國藏家George Eumorfopoulos夫人借出, 櫃C.31
thence by descent within the family.
EXHIBITED:
Manchester Art Gallery, 1913 (according to Spink invoice). 出版:
Exhibition of Chinese Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1915, lent by Mrs George
Eumorfopoulos, Case C.31. 《Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of Chinese Art》,
Burlington Fine Arts Club, 倫敦, 1915年, 頁32
LITERATURE:
Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of Chinese Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club,
London, 1915, p. 32.

(catalogue entry, 1915) (Spink invoice) (the current lot illustrated in Burlington Fine Arts Club
Catalogue of a Collection of Chinese Art, 1915)

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