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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION
OF ARTHUR B. PARDEE, PHD.
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A SMALL GREY AND BLACK
JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT
MYTHICAL BEAST
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The animal is shown in a recumbent position with
its body curved slightly to the left. There is a small
beard below the fat muzzle, a single horn that
extends onto the back, fames on the haunches,
and a long tail swept-up under the right rear
haunch. The mottled grey stone has areas of
black color.
$4,000-6,000

明 灰黑玉瑞獸

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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A LARGE PALE BROWNISH-WHITE The form of this censer is inspired by ritual gui food vessels of the early
JADE CENSER Western Zhou period, 11th-10th century BC, such as the example decorated
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY with a band of bosses on the body sold at Christie’s New York, 17 March
2017, lot 1005. Other jade gui-form censers dating to the Ming dynasty
Inspired by Zhou dynasty bronze gui, the bombé body is fanked by a pair of
include an example decorated with taotie masks in the Palace Museum,
faceted loop handles carved with dragon heads and is carved in high relief with
Beijing, and one decorated with vertical ribs in the Tianjin Museum, both
a band of bosses below an animal mask fanked by two narrow fanges incised
illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, Sui, Tang, Ming, vol. 5, Hebei, 1994, pp.
with archaistic scroll on each side and above four narrow fanges on the foot.
162-3, nos. 237-8, respectively. See, also, the jade gui-from censer dated to
The semi-translucent stone of white and pale brown color is highly polished.
the Ming dyansty with very similar dragon-head handles with short vertical
8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide across handles
notches, from the Michael D. Stevenson Collection, sold
at Christie’s London, 6 November 2012, lot 202.
$10,000-15,000
晚明十七世紀 褐白玉雕仿古紋雙龍耳盃
PROVENANCE
Private collection, New York.

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