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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE MYTHICAL BEAST
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The recumbent beast is carved with its head turned inward resting on its left shoulder, with a sharply
defned spine and a bifurcated tail, and the underside is carved with four legs tucked under its body.
The stone is of a yellowish-russet tone with dark brown inclusions.
3¡ in. (8.5 cm.) across
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, Chinese Jades From The Private Collection Of Gerald Godfrey, 30 October 1995,
lot 888.
EXHIBITED
Pasadena, Pacifc Asia Museum, Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, 1986.
San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986.
Dayton, The Dayton Art Institute, 1989.
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1990-91.
LITERATURE
Pacifc Asia Museum, Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, Pasadena, 1986, no. 56.
晚明 黃褐玉雕異獸
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