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2725 商後期 青玉虎
A VERY RARE AND SUPERB
CELADON JADE TIGER 來源
養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於 1999 年以前
LATE SHANG DYNASTY,
CIRCA 14TH-MID-11TH CENTURY BC 展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖錄
The recumbent tiger is carved with its tail curled upwards and its 圖版78號
legs tucked under the body, detailed with incised stylised markings
to the body. It is further carved with powerful bulging eyes and 著錄
round ears to convey the vivid expression of the animal. 鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版78號
2º in. (5.8 cm.) long, box

HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000

PROVENANCE

The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999

EXHIBITED

National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 78

LITERATURE

Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades,Taipei, 1999, pl. 78

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