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PROPERTY FROM A SCOTTISH PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A SCOTTISH PRIVATE COLLECTION 商 玉熊
AN ARCHAISTIC JADE ‘DRAGON’ HUANG A RARE SMALL JADE FIGURE OF A BEAR
QING DYNASTY SHANG DYNASTY 來源
鄭德坤博士（1908-2001年）收藏
of arched form, each end carved as a stylised dragon finely carved seated with front paws resting on its knees, the Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1990年12月19日
head, pierced with a small aperture, the stone with milky head with large round eyes beneath pricked ears, the stone of
and dark brown inclusions pale celadon tone with russet inclusions
Length 15.6 cm, 6⅛ in. Height 3 cm, 1 in. 展覽
《Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection》， Bluett
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1990年，編號6
Malcolm Rushton Early Oriental Art Ltd., London, 17th Collection of Dr Cheng Te-k’un (1908-2001), Cambridge.
November 1999. Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 19th December 1990. 出版
《The Animal in Chinese Art》，東方陶瓷學會，
£ 1,000-2,000 EXHIBITED 倫敦，1968年，編號374，圖版12B
Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, Bluett & Sons Ltd.,
清 仿古玉交龍紋璜 London, 1990, cat. no. 6.
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來源 LITERATURE
Malcolm Rushton Early Oriental Art Ltd.，倫敦， The Animal in Chinese Art, Oriental Ceramic Society, London,
1999年11月17日 1968, no. 374, pl.12 B.
£ 15,000-25,000

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PROPERTY FROM A SCOTTISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE SMALL TURQUOISE BEAD
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

carved in the form of a turtle, grooves delineating the
body, the stone a mottled pale greenish-blue tone with
reddish-brown striations
Length 2.9 cm, 1⅛ in.
PROVENANCE
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 17th December 1986.
£ 3,000-5,000
142 西周 綠松石龜

來源
Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1986年12月17日

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