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A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A 明 白玉銜蓮瑞獸
RECUMBENT MYTHICAL BEAST
MING DYNASTY 來源：
知柔齋收藏
finely modelled recumbent and resting on its 香港蘇富比2008年10月8日，編號2316
haunches with paws accentuated by sharp
talons, its head turned sharply over the shoulder, 展覽：
grasping a spray of lotus and acanthus leaves 馮陳善奇及楊春堂編，《玲瓏玉雕－玉人、
between its jaws, the facial features well defined 玉獸、玉飾》，香港大學美術博物館，香港，
with bulging eyes below a single horn at the 1996年，編號114
forehead between pointed ears and finely incised 《中國肖生玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，
mane falling down the neck, with a knobbly spine 1996年，編號148
sweeping back to a curling bifurcated tail, the
stone of a soft pale grey colour mottled with
brown splashes
8.5 cm, 3⅜ in.

PROVENANCE

The Zhirouzhai Collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th October 2008, lot
2316.

EXHIBITED

Sydney S.K. Fung and Yeung Chun-tong,
eds., Exquisite Jade Carving: Figures, Animals,
Ornaments, University Museum and Art Gallery,
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1996, cat.
no. 114.
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of
Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 148.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,500-90,500

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