Lot 889
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A SMALL PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURAL BEAD
A SMALL PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURAL BEAD
A SMALL PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURAL BEAD
A SMALL PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURAL BEAD
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Property from the Collection of Lady Thomson (Judith Bullitt)
A SMALL PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURAL BEAD

MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-18TH CENTURY

Details
A SMALL PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURAL BEAD
MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-18TH CENTURY
2 in. (5 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie’s New York, 18 September 1997, lot 239 (part).
Lady Thomson (Judith Bullitt) (1939-2021) Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Lot Essay

This small white jade figural bead appears to represent a foreigner. His long robes, earrings, unusual head covering and facial features are reminiscent to those of a figural bead (5.9 cm.) dated Tang, illustrated by Jessica Rawson, “Chinese Jade throughout the ages”, T.O.C.S., vol. 40, 1973-75, p. 74, no. 212. An even smaller (4.5 cm.) white jade bead of a bearded foreigner wearing long robes is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 100, pl. 87.

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