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FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS Provenance:
Late Qing Dynasty Yamanaka & Company, New York
The rabbit facing forward, the pair of elongated ears swept backwards, Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 18 December 1911
the translucent stone smoothly polished with natural brown areas and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present
dark green inclusions; the cat in a recumbent pose looking back, the
stone stained reddish brown in areas; the hound facing forward and 來源：
resting on its forelegs, the ears detailed with carved scroll patterns, the 紐約山中商會
sinuous tail curled around the body, the beige stone stained reddish- Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日
brown in areas, the mouth perforated horizontally for stringing; the 大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今
other hound positioned on its stomach with the head lifted, the eyes
open and alert, the ears outlined, the rump slightly raised and the tail
tucked under, the translucent celadon stone stained back in areas;
the tortoise simply carved with shallow grooves to depict the shell, the
mottled green stone stained black and red in area. (5)
Rabbit: 1 1/2in (3.8cm) long;
Cat: 7/8in (2.2cm) long;
Brown hound: 1 7/8in (4.8cm) long;
Green hound: 2 1/4in (5.7cm) long;
Tortoise: 3in (7.6cm) long

$1,200 - 1,500
清末 仿古玉雕擺飾 兔 猫 犬 龜 共五件

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

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