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A RARE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘LION HEAD’ FITTING
Han Dynasty
Skilfully rendered in low relief as a stylised lion mask, the bulging eyes
set beneath protruding brows and curling locks of mane, the back
pierced with one aperture, the stone of pale grey tone with cloudy and
dark inclusions.
5.1cm (2in) long.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 52,000

漢 白玉帶皮鋪首飾件

Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, 20 October 1969, lot 80
John Christopherson (1921-1996) collection of Chinese jades
An English private collection

來源： 1969年10月20日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品80號
John Christopherson (1921-1996) 先生舊藏
英國私人收藏

Compare with related examples of jade fittings in the form of a feline
face, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the
Qing, London, 1995, p.112. Another example of a jade animal-head
fitting, Eastern Han, is illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum, Vol.4, Beijing, 2011, pl.270, p.215.

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For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.