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Rare Miniature Works of Art

                                            The Property of a Gentleman



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          THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
          1034
                                                              EXHIBITED:
          A MINIATURE WHITE AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A        Pasadena, Pacificulture-Asia Museum, 13 June–15 August 1976.
          FOREIGNER AND BUDDHIST LION                         New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important
          TANG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 618-1368)                     Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
          The stone is cleverly carved utilizing the white and brown markings to depict
          an animated foreigner with a Buddhist lion at his side.  私人珍藏
          1¿ in. (2.8 cm.) high, cloth box
                                                              唐/元   袖珍褐白玉羅漢及瑞獅
          $2,000-3,000                                        來源:
                                                              山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
          PROVENANCE:
          Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.                        Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前後。
          Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.

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