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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, NEW YORK
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AN UNUSUALLY LARGE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A DOG
The dog is shown recumbent with its head turned backward, biting the right rear leg. The stone is of a pale
greenish tone with some black inclusions.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) long

$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE
Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Tonkin Collection.
EXHIBITED
University Park, Pennsylvania, Chinese Jade Carvings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Tonkin,
Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, 16 January - 13 March 1983.
LITERATURE
Chinese Jade Carvings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Tonkin, University Park, Pennsylvania,
1983, pp. 22-23, no. 34.
玉雕臥犬

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