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A FINELY CARVED BLACK AND WHITE JADE SEAL
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of square section, the top part utilising the greyish black inclusion in the stone to depict two wrestling feline beasts, their bodies intertwined, the lower section of white jade with some brown inclusions, the base uncarved
1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of square section, the top part utilising the greyish black inclusion in the stone to depict two wrestling feline beasts, their bodies intertwined, the lower section of white jade with some brown inclusions, the base uncarved
1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, 1970s
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 152
Exhibited
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004