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A VERY RARE JADE CARVING OF A FOREIGNER RIDING AN
ELEPHANT
Yuan Dynasty
Masterfully carved as a bearded Turkic foreigner with a powerful facial
expression, finely detailed with protruding eyes adorned with a pair
of disc earrings and a fur hat, wearing an armoured short jacket and
holding a scoop in his right hand, superbly modelled sitting on an
elephant standing with its toenails finely rendered and deftly carved
with one foot lifted, its head turned slightly to one side with the trunk
curled to the other side, caparisoned with an elaborately embroidered
saddlecloth, the stone of an attractive grey tone suffused with black
inclusions, wood stand.
8cm (3in) wide (2).

HK$300,000 - 400,000
US$39,000 - 51,000

Provenance:
Christie’s New York, 3 December 1992, lot 58
Acquired in Hong Kong in 1994
The Songzhutang collection, no.82

Published and Illustrated:
Virtuous Treasure: Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, Hong Kong,
2008, pl.97
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade,
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.82

Exhibited:
Virtuous Treasure: Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, University
Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 17 November
2007 - 17 February 2008, no.97

元 灰玉胡人騎象

來源：
紐約佳士得，1992年12月3日，拍品編號58
1994年購於香港
松竹堂收藏，編號82

出版及著錄：
《閣有天珍: 中國文房玉雕》，香港大學美術博物館，2008年，編號97
霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，編號82

展覽：
2007年11月17日至2008年2月17日於香港大學美術博物館《閣有天
珍：中國文房玉雕》特展展出，展品97號

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