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AN EXTREMELY RARE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘KNEELING FIGURE’
SHANG DYNASTY
depicted with the face held high and looking almost upwards, the figure rendered kneeling with the body upright and the hands
resting on the knees, portrayed with large eyes, a broad nose and a prominent chin, flanked by a pair of large ears, the arms, back
and thighs of the figure decorated with scrolling motifs, the stone of a variegated celadon and caramel-brown colour accentuated
with an opaque-beige patch, the back of the head pierced with an aperture
商 玉跪人
4 cm, 1⅝ in.
HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 76,500-102,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Alvin Lo Oriental Art Ltd, New York 春源齋，紐約
LITERATURE
出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection
of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 羅伯特．楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器．新石器時代至
2008, pl. 37. 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版37

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