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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 646

AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED GREY JADE FIGUR E OF ZHENWU, MING DYNASTY, HONGZHI
PE RIOD, DATED TO THE EIGHTH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1495
Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 USD

AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED GREY JADE FIGURE OF ZHENWU
MING DYNASTY, HONGZHI PERIOD, DATED TO THE EIGHTH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1495
明弘治八年（1495年） 灰玉雕真武大帝坐像

seated upright on a platform with the feet bare and shoulder-width apart and the hands resting on the knees, the left hand
posed in karana mudra, the face directed forward with a calm expression framed by straight hair neatly combed down the
back, wearing a long and layered robe draped over an armor decorated with a court belt and a dragon roundel, the back of the
body has an oblong aperture, the back of the base inscribed with daming Hongzhi banian Zhuyuan zaoxiang (the 8th year of the
Hongzhi reign, 1495, made by Zhu Yuan), the stone of grayish celadon tone with opaque white inclusions, black and russet spots

銘文：
大明弘治八年 朱元造像

Height 7¾ in., 19.7 cm

Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1950s.
Christie's New York, 22nd-23rd March 2012, lot 1804.

來源
1950年代得於香港

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