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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE GREENISH-YELLOW AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A FOREIGNER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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A RARE GREENISH-YELLOW AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A FOREIGNER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Well carved from a somewhat flatish pebble with a bearded foreigner wearing a conical hat and a long-sleeved tunic tied with a wide sash around the waist over a buttoned shirt, with his left arm bent behind his head as his holds a brocade ball to tease the young lion climbing up his right leg, the greenish-yellow stone with brown markings
3½ in. (9 cm.) high, box
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Well carved from a somewhat flatish pebble with a bearded foreigner wearing a conical hat and a long-sleeved tunic tied with a wide sash around the waist over a buttoned shirt, with his left arm bent behind his head as his holds a brocade ball to tease the young lion climbing up his right leg, the greenish-yellow stone with brown markings
3½ in. (9 cm.) high, box