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The playful rendering of this piece is 黃玉帶皮，立體圓雕瑞獸，呈伏臥狀。雙目圓
characteristic of Song archaism; for mythical 睜，合嘴，葉形耳，扁闊尾，伏首於兩肢之
lions similarly carved in the forward-crouching 間，憨態可掬。
pose, see another, also from the Kirknorton
Collection, illustrated in Brian Morgan, Naturalism 此器雕工簡樸，刀法遒勁，造型可愛，讓人
and Archaism. Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton 愛不釋手。
Collection, London, 1995, no. 46; and another,
also from the Hei-Chi Collection, included in
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi
Collection, op.cit., p. 155 bottom, exhibited in
Chinese Jade Animals, op. cit., cat. no. 86, and
later sold in these rooms, 8th April 2010, lot 1992.

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