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A PALE CELADON AND BROWN JADE ‘BUDDHIST LION’
MING DYNASTY
recumbent, resting on its belly clutching a brocade ball with its forepaws, the broad jaws playfully tugging a ribbon loose from the ball, the end
of the ribbon falling in loops over the animal’s back, the wide flat head patterned with a spiraling mane, the bushy tail sweeping against the hind
quarters with three broad swaths of fur, the stone a whitish-green color with patches and fine veining of dark brown

明 青白玉雕佛獅把件
Length 2¾ in., 7 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Wellington Wang. 王度收藏
Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd., New York. Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd.，紐約

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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘CHILONG’ SCABBARD SLIDE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of rectangular form with the short ends terminating in inward-curling scrolls, the top surface carved in high relief with a large sinuous chilong
turning back mid-stride and glaring at the smaller chilong playfully tugging the tip of its bifurcated tail, the animals’ bodies extending beyond the
edge in an openwork design, the stone a warm russet tone with a swath of pale green through the center

清十九世紀 青玉雕螭龍紋璏
Length 4⅝ in., 11.7 cm
$ 4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd., New York, 22nd May 1978. Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd.，紐約，1978年5月22日
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of 羅伯特•楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器·新石器時代至清代》，
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, 芝加哥，2008年，圖版196
pl. 196.

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