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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TAPIR
SONG - MING DYNASTY
in a recumbent pose, with the body curving slightly to the right in a subtle arc, the legs folded to either side of the torso, the lifted head set with short
triangular ears and a ridged snout curling under at the end, the gaze directed ahead, the thick round tail dangling languidly at the opposite end of the
body, the hooves and the ribs neatly incised, swirling wisps of qi emanating in raised bands from the shoulders and hips, the stone a pale yellow with
icy inclusions at one side of the body and a variegated russet at the other side
宋至明 黃玉雕臥貘把件
Length 3¾ in., 9.5 cm
$ 80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Christie’s London, 31st March 1969, lot 133. 倫敦佳士得1969年3月31日，編號133
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
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版109
pl. 109.
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