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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF ZHOU YANZI
MING DYNASTY
kneeling in a loose robe with the proper left knee raised and the right knee bent to the ground, the right arm descending and grasping the handle of a
milk pail, the left arm bent at the elbow with the hand clutching the hoof of a deer, the skin of the animal cloaking the back of the figure, the deer’s
head perched atop the boy’s cap, the stone a creamy yellow tone at the front where the figure is carved, transmuting to rich brown tones at the back
where the deerskin is represented, wood stand (2)
明 黃玉雕鹿乳奉親把件
Height 3⅛ in., 7.9 cm
$ 40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Purchased in Hong Kong, 1964. 購於香港，1964年
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181
pl. 181.
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