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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’
SONG - EARLY MING DYNASTY
crouching with belly lowered to the ground, the legs poised beside the body and carved with swirling patterns as if ready to pounce, the head turned
backwards eagerly looking over the arched back at the bushy tail sweeping over to one side, the vitality of the animal enhanced through finely carved
details such as the open mouth, wide eyes, subtly protruding ribs, and individual fur tufts, the stone an icy white with a swath of caramel-colored
russet at one side
宋至明初 白玉雕瑞獸把件
Length 1¾ in., 4.4 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Jon Edwards. Jon Edwards 收藏
Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd., New York. Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd.，紐約
EXHIBITED 展覽
A Private Collection of Early Chinese Jade Carvings, 《A Private Collection of Early Chinese Jade Carvings》，
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., New York, 1994, cat. no. 8. Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd.，紐約，1994年，編號8
出版
LITERATURE
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》，
芝加哥，2008年，圖版148
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008,
pl. 148.

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