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531
A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A
BUDDHIST LION
Ming Dynasty
Skilfully carved as a recumbent Buddhist lion
with clawed feet, finely-incised bushy tail and
knobbly spine, the head turned sharply to the
right, with prominent eyebrows above bulging
eyes, the stone of even greenish-white tone
with minor cloudy-white inclusions on the back.
9cm (3 1/2in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明 青白玉雕瑞獅擺件

Provenance: acquired in Paris, 1962
Sotheby’s London, 4 November 2009, lot 1
Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, 530
London, 2012, no.75.

來源：前藏家於1962年購自巴黎
倫敦蘇富比，2009年11月4日，拍品編號1
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展
覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號75
See a related jade carving of a Buddhist lion,
illustrated by J.Rawson and J.Ayers, Chinese
Jade throughout the ages, London, 1975,
no.184; see also another example illustrated
by D.Dohrenwend, Chinese Jades in the
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1971, p.114.

Compare also with a related pale green jade
carving of a Buddhist lion, 18th century, which
was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019,
lot 122.

532
A RARE PALE GREEN JADE ‘STAG AND
LINGZHI’ PENDANT
Yuan/Ming Dynasty 531
The recumbent stag well carved with slightly-
raised head and long prominent antlers
reaching the back incised with ribs, a spray
of lingzhi fungus in its mouth, its legs neatly
folded and tucked underneath, the stone of
pale green tone with some inclusions.
5.5cm (2 1/4in) long.

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

元/明 玉雕靈鹿銜芝把件

Compare with the carving of deer and lingzhi
on a pale green jade openwork plaque, Song
dynasty, and a pale green carving of a deer
and lingzhi brushrest, Ming dynasty, both
in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade, Beijing, 2011, vol.5, no.191
and vol.6, no.64.
532
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ROGER KEVERNE LTD: MOVING ON (II) | 69