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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品

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A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A
RECUMBENT HOUND
18th century
Superbly carved with its head slightly turned to its right resting on its
front paws, the head skilfully carved with a well-defined long snout
flanked by a pair of long floppy ears, wearing a collar suspending
a bell, its emaciated slender body denoted with a raised spine and
pronounced ribs, its long tail curled up alongside its left haunch, the
smoothly polished stone of even white tone highlighted with minor
russet inclusions.
12.3cm (4 3/4in) long

HK$600,000 - 800,000
US$77,000 - 100,000

十八世紀 白玉雕臥犬

Provenance:
Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2014, lot 296
A distinguished Asian private collection

來源：
紐約蘇富比，2014年3月18日，拍品編號296
重要亞洲私人收藏

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