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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A PALE GREYISH-GREEN AND RUSSET MYTHICAL BEAST-FORM SCROLL WEIGHT
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The stone is carved as a single-horned mythical beast with legs tucked under the body and
head turned to the side. The stone is a greyish-green color and has russet inclusions.
2√ in. (7.1 cm.) long, wood stand
$15,000-20,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, England.
EXHIBITED
S. Marchant & Son, Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, London, 2005, no. 1.
A similarly worked, white jade coiled feline, from the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, is illustrated by
J. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, New York, 1980, p. 41, no. 10.
明 灰青玉瑞獸鎮
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