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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
depicted recumbent with legs neatly tucked beneath its body and the head turned over its back and grasping in its mouth a gnarled
branch issuing lingzhi blooms, the horned beast portrayed with bulging eyes above a prominent snout outlined with a finely incised
jowl, the muscular body of the beast further accentuated with scrolling motifs, the stone of a yellowish-celadon colour extensively
accentuated with russet inclusions

清康熙 白玉銜芝瑞獸
8 cm, 3⅛ in.
HK$ 70,000-90,000
US$ 9,000-11,500

PROVENANCE 來源
Acquired in New York. 購於紐約
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection 羅伯特．楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器．新石器時代至
of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版161
2008, pl. 161.

THE ROBERT YOUNGMAN COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADE 97