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9/2/2020 Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings | Sotheby's

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

Lot 222

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE WHITE JADE 'GUARDIAN' PLAQUE, YUAN DYNASTY
Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 USD

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE WHITE JADE 'GUARDIAN' PLAQUE
YUAN DYNASTY
元 白玉雕天王牌

of flattened form, the muscular figure depicted seated on pierced rockwork with one hand resting on the leg and the other holding
a mace, wearing a bejeweled necklace suspending a skull over the bare upper torso, the trousers secured at the waist by a
belt draped with a long sash, the face rendered with a fierce expression detailed with a downturned mouth, large rounded eyes and
thick brows, the base with two apertures for attachment, the lustrously polished stone of an even color

Height 2⅜ in., 5.9 cm

Provenance
C.T. Loo, New York, 7th December 1946.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
盧芹齋，紐約，1946年12月7日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note

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