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

Lot 250

A RARE DARK GREEN STONE CARVING OF A RAM, NEOLITHIC PE RIOD
Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 USD

A RARE DARK GREEN STONE CARVING OF A RAM
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
新石器時代 玉羊

boldly carved standing foursquare with a pair of large curled horns and a short tail, the stone of a variegated dark green color
with extensive calcification

Length 3¼ in., 8.3 cm

Provenance
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978), acquired prior to 1963.

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏，購於1963年之前

Literature
Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, New York, 1963, pl. II-5.

出版
Alfred Salmony，《Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty》，紐約，1963年，圖版II-5

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