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A CELADON AND BROWN JADE ‘LION AND
CUB’ GROUP
17TH CENTURY
the recumbent lion with head turned to the left, detailed with coiling
eyebrows and mane, grasping a brocade ball between its front paws, its
arched back accentuated with a ridged spine extending to a finely incised
bushy tail, a cub frolicking on its back, the stone of mottled celadon colour
with russet patches cleverly worked to highlight the design
, ⅜ .
PROVENANCE
70th Anniversary, S. Marchant & Son Ltd., London 1995, cat. no. 90.
£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 77,500-116,000 US$ 10,000-14,900
70th Anniversary S Marchant Son Ltd 1995 90
For footnote see p. 135
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