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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 252

AN EXTREMELY IMPO RTANT AND RARE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE HORSE HEAD, HAN - SIX
DYNASTIES
Estimate: 600,000 - 800,000 USD

AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND RARE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE HORSE HEAD
HAN - SIX DYNASTIES
漢至六朝 玉馬首

strikingly modeled in a bold and angular sculptural style, the slightly lowered head facing forward, detailed with the mouth agape
revealing two rows of well-defined teeth below the flared nostrils, the long, flat nose bridle extending to triangular-shaped eyes
above muscular jaws, the pair of back-swept pointed ears flanking a finely incised mane extending to the broad arched neck,
pierced on each side with a small aperture connected with a metal pin, the softly polished stone of a variegated grayish-celadon
color with a russet patch to the right side and some natural veins, stand (2)

Height 3⅞ in., 9.7 cm

Provenance
C.T. Loo, New York, 7th March 1950.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
盧芹齋，紐約，1950年3月7日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

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