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A RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET
JADE CARVING OF SHOULAO, DEER
AND CRANE
12th/13th century
Crisply carved with a bearded sage clad in
loose long robes beside a deer in front of a
wutong tree and crane amidst meticulously
reticulated wispy ruyi-head clouds, the stone
of pale-celadon tone with russet inclusions,
wood stand.
10.4cm (4 1/8in) high. (2).

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000

十二/十三世紀 青玉帶皮壽星騎梅鹿擺件

Provenance: a European private collection,
and thence by descent

來源： 歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

The intricate openwork carving of the rocks
and trees on the present lot is typical of the
12th and 13th centuries. See for example,
a related larger pale green jade carving of a
sage by pine tree and crane, Song dynasty,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections
in the Palace Museum: Jade, Tang Song
Liao Jin Yuan, 5, Beijing, 2011, pp.98-
99, no.96. Another related jade carving of
similar size showing a sage, deer, crane and
rockwork, Liao or Jin dynasty, is illustrated in 239
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Hong Kong,
1995, pp.114-115, no.99.

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A FINE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
‘CHILONG’ DISC, BI
Ming Dynasty
The surface raised in rounded relief with
three writhing chilong with bifurcated tails,
the reverse left plain, the stone olive-green
celadon tone with dark-brown areas of russet
and cloudy inclusions.
11.3cm (4 3/8in) diam.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000

明 青白玉帶皮仿古蟠螭紋璧

Provenance: a European private collection,
and thence by descent

來源： 歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a related white jade bi disc with
a similar design of two chilong, Ming dynasty,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections
in the Palace Museum:Jade, Ming Dynasty, 6,
Beijing, 2011, p.48, no.22.

A similar archaistic jade bi disc with chilong,
Ming dynasty, was sold at Sotheby’s London,
4 November 2009, lot 100.
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