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126 A PALE GREEN AND BROWN JADE TIGER
MING DYNASTY
明 青玉臥虎
carved in the round, the coiled recumbent feline with its legs tucked under its body, the head lowered resting on the front
paws, the long tail curled around the body and nestled between the head and paws, the face with squared eyes above a ruyi-
form nose and straight mouth suggested by a single incised line, the small circular ears pinned back, the body with a neatly
defined ridge and sparsely detailed with incised lines, the stone of a greenish-beige color with russet and brown inclusions
Width 1⅝ in., 4.2 cm
$ 60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE 來源
C. T. Loo, New York, 19th April 1951 盧芹齋，紐約，1951年4月19日
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
LITERATURE 出版
Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, Alfred Salmony，《Chinese Jade Through the Wei
New York, 1963, pl. XXV, fig. 1 a-b. Dynasty》，紐約，1963年，圖版XXV，圖1 a-b
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