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Provenance: TWO JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916 Late Qing Dynasty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present The lion-dog in a crouching pose holding a brocade ball between
the paws, the head turning back, with a lion cub climbing on the left
來源： shoulder, the green stone stained dark brown and black in areas,
Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈 hongmu stand; the recumbent horse with its head turning back, the
大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今 celadon stone stained black in areas, hongmu stand. (2)
2 3/4in (7cm) and 3in (7.6cm) wide
The twelve archaistic characters, di zhi, inscribed on the oval plaque
may be read as: 子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥. $1,500 - 2,000

Compare the jade bi disc carved with a chi dragon in high relief on one 清末 玉獅 玉馬 共兩件
side, the other side with C-scrolls in low relief, illustrated by Knight, Li
and Tse Bartholomew, Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Century, From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco,
2007, p. 224, no. 243, described as 19th century. Provenance:
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present
來源：
Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈
大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今

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