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106 AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL TOAD
SIX DYNASTIES
六朝 黃玉瑞蟾

masterfully carved in the round, the mythical creature kneeling, its fingers clasped at the chest above the rounded belly, the
face with a snout nose framed by bulging eyes beneath heavy lids, all above the wide lipped mouth open in a grimace and
with long whiskers on either side, the top of the head with two coiled horns flanking a grooved ridge, two wings emerging from
the forearms carved in low relief to its back, the body finely detailed with incised lines, the stone of a warm yellowish-green
color with slightly calcified russet skin skillfully integrated into the top of the head and upper back, pierced through the hands,
wood stand (2)

Height 1⅞ in., 4.7 cm
$ 200,000-300,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
LITERATURE 出版
Gustav Ecke, ‘Early Chinese Jades selected from Alfred 古斯塔夫•艾克，〈Early Chinese Jades selected from Alfred
Salmony’s posthumous work’, The Connoisseur, vol. Salmony’s posthumous work〉，《The Connoisseur》，
CXLVII, March-June 1961, p. 67, fig. 20. 號 CXLVII，1961年3至6月，頁67，圖20
Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, Alfred Salmony，《Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty》，
New York, 1963, pl. XLI, figs 2a-c. 紐約，1963年，圖版XLI，圖2a-c

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