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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
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A CELADON AND GRAY JADE DEER GROUP
Ming/Qing Dynasty
Modelled as a crouching antlered deer holding a chrysanthemum
spray in its mouth above a small bushy-tailed squirrel-like animal at
its feet, the deer’s body carved with star-like markings.
2 1/4in (5.5cm) wide
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
Collection of Jon Edwards
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., New York

Literature
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese jades
from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 105
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., A Private Collection of Early Chinese
429 Jade Carvings, New York, 1994, no. 39

For an earlier Song Dynasty seated deer of slightly smaller size,
see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
British Museum, London, 1995, p. 370, no. 26:13, where the
authors note that the stars carefully incised on to the pelt of the deer
is probably a reference to the heavens.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
430
WHITE AND RUSSET JADE BUFFALO
Ming dynasty style
Carved in the Ming style with a recumbent buffalo with its tail
whipped over its haunches and head slightly raised towards the
viewer, the underside with the legs, hooves and other anatomical
details, clearly delineated, russet and grey areas primarily to the
underside and back.
3 1/2in (9.3 cm) long
$1,500 - 2,500

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