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

Lot 253

AN EXCEPTI ONALLY RARE WHITE JADE 'GOAT' PLAQUE, SONG - YUAN DYNASTY
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE WHITE JADE 'GOAT' PLAQUE
SONG - YUAN DYNASTY
宋至元 白玉雙羊牌

of flattened form, delicately carved with a large goat depicted recumbent with the legs neatly tucked beneath the body, its horned
head turned sharply toward the back looking at a small goat clambering on its back, the reverse flat, pierced with seven pairs
of 'bull's nose' apertures for attachment, the softly polished stone of an attractive even color

Length 1¼ in., 3.3 cm

Provenance
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
Ingeniously conceived and executed complementing the form of the stone resulting in a quasi three-dimensional effect, this
exquisite plaque is a testimony to the exceptional level of mastery achieved by the ancient jade artisans in China. While no close
counterparts are known to have been recorded, it can be compared to a related white jade plaque, of flattened form, and carved in
a comparable manner depicting a recumbent horse with the head turned sharply to the back, attributed to the Song dynasty, in

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