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FIVE SMALL ARCHAISTIC JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS Provenance:
Late Qing Dynasty Yamanaka & Company, New York
The elephant’s head turns back facing its left hind foot, the gray Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913
stone tinted black on the top, perforated horizontally for stringing; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present
the crouching hound with its head turning right facing the eagle on
its back, the green stone stained brown and black; the boy holding 來源：
a large drum at his chest, the mottled green stone stained black; the 紐約山中商會
monkey simply carved in a seated position, the top of the head stained Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈
black; the couching qilin with a horn behind the ears, looking to its left, 大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今
the bushy tail curled on top of the rump, the yellow stone tinted russet-
brown in areas. (5)
Elephant: 15/16in (2.4cm) long;
Hound: 1 5/8in (4.1cm) long;
Monkey: 1 3/8in (3.5cm) high;
Boy: 1 1/8in (2.9cm) high;
Qilin: 1 7/16in (3.7 cm) long
$1,500 - 2,500

清末 仿古玉飾 象 犬 猴 童 麒麟 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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