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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE                               南宋 青黃玉臥犬
FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT DOG
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY                                  來源:
                                                       熙墀收藏
sensitively modelled as a recumbent dog with
the back curved and the head turned backwards          展覽:
and resting on its front leg, the body depicted        《中國肖生玉雕》,香港藝術館,香港,
with a long backbone flanked by defined ribs,          1996年,編號107
further detailed with a long tail curling against its
hind leg, the lustrous yellowish-celadon pebble        出版:
skilfully worked with rich attractive russet skin      姜濤及劉雲輝,《熙墀藏玉》,北京,2006
accentuating the figure                                年,頁156上
6.7 cm, 2⅝ in.

PROVENANCE
The Hei-Chi Collection.

EXHIBITED

Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of
Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 107.

LITERATURE

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi
Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 156 top.

HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 129,000-194,000

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