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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ BOULDER 來源：
18th century 紳士藏品，倫敦蘇富比，1973 年 11 月 6 日，拍品編號 305
Following the natural form of the pebble, finely carved in high relief with a 倫敦 Spink & Son Ltd. 古董行，1981 年 12 月 23 日
dragon emerging from cresting waves to pursue a flaming pearl, a large full 佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 及赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-2016) 伉儷（Florence and
moon partially covered by passing clouds and misty mountains, the stone Herbert Irving）舊藏，藏品編號 378
with natural russet mottling, wood stand. 歐雲伉儷贈，2015 年
4 7/8in (12.3cm) wide; 3 1/2in (8.9cm) high 大都會藝術博物館，2015 年迄今
$8,000 - 12,000 展覽/出版：
An Exhibition of Fine Jade，倫敦 Spink & Son Ltd. 古董行，1981 年 12 月
十八世紀 青玉褐斑龍凌波濤擺飾 9-22 日，編號 19
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Jade boulders with dragons, such as the present lot, are relatively rare. It
Provenance: may be depicting the legend of the carp that swims upstream and leaps
Property of a gentlemen, Sotheby’s London, 6 November 1973, lot 305 over the dragon gate (liyu yao longmen), thereby transforming itself into a
dragon. This symbolized victory through perseverance and was popular
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 23 December 1981
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 378 especially among scholars wishing to pass the Imperial civil service
examinations. See a related green jade boulder with a dragon above fish
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-present and water, Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in
the Palace Museum: Jade, 8, Beijing, 2011, p.138, no.103.
Exhibited/Published:
An Exhibition of Fine Jade, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 9-22 December
1981, no. 19

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