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This figure embodies elements characteristic 黃玉質，局部褐色沁斑，立體圓雕。瑞獸前腿
of carved Ming mythical creatures, such as 前伸，後腿臥於腹下。雙眼凸圓，鬍鬚垂胸，
the almost deliberately archaistic style of the 縮頸前視，獅鼻闊口，雙耳貼頭，長尾從臀部
dramatic pose, exaggerated features, curling tail 向前彎曲，背出脊線，四肢健壯有力。
and choice of mottled stone. As many of these
jade carvings were based upon illustrations in 此瑞獸砣碾剛勁有力，立體感強，堪稱佳品。
contemporaneous woodblock print manuals,
such as the Cheng shi moyuan [Ink Impressions 此器體現了明朝雕琢瑞獸的風格特徵，如帶沁
of Cheng] (1606), the piece also reveals the 斑的質料、特意仿古造型、誇張的特徵、捲曲
ability of the carver to transform such prints into 的尾巴。部分玉雕造型源自當代墨模雕刻圖譜
remarkably naturalistic three-dimensional figures. 集《程氏墨苑》，顯示了能工巧匠能由平面轉
化為立體雕刻的功力。
Related carvings include a yellow jade example,
but with the face and body turned slightly to its 類似黃玉例，面部稍傾左側，原為 Gerald
left, from the Gerald Godfrey Collection, sold at Godfrey 所藏，售於香港佳士得1995年10月
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th October 1995, lot 30日，編號866。另一例為 Philip Pinsof 伉
866; one from the collection of Mr and Mrs Philip 儷所藏，曾展於東方陶瓷學會，《Chinese
Pinsof, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society Jade Throughout the Ages》，維多利亞與艾
exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, 伯特博物館，倫敦，1975年，編號376。
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, cat.
no. 376; another, with a single horn, sold in our
London rooms, 6th November 1973, lot 311; and a
fourth example also with a horn, but with its head
raised, from the collection of Joseph J. Schedel,
sold at Christie’s New York, 2nd December 1989,
lot 200.

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