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838
A RARE CELADON AND BROWN JADE
‘DOUBLE RAM’ GROUP
YUAN / MING DYNASTY
the two animals recumbent with their legs
tucked beneath them, the larger of the two
with his its head turned back to look at its
companion, seated to the rear, playfully resting
its left hind leg and chin on the back of the
principal figure, both with large almond-shaped
eyes, defined noses and straight mouths below
pairs of long ridged horns, the mottled green
stone with dark brown inclusions
Width 5⅜ in., 13.8 cm

$ 12,000-15,000

元 / 明 青玉雕雙羊擺件

839

PROPERTY FROM A MICHIGAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A CELADON JADE BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
838 carved in the round with a scholar and
attendant seated in a boat on turbulent waves,
a shore nearby with leaning windswept trees,
the background with cavern walls and grottoes
carved in graduated layers of relief, the reverse
with a steppe landscape with further foliage and
large, craggy pines, the stone of pale celadon
with russet skin and light russet patches
Width 4½ in., 11.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 1st June 1994, lot 105.
$ 10,000-15,000

清十八世紀 青玉雕山水高士
圖山子
來源
紐約蘇富比1994年6月1日，編號105

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