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A VERY RARE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MODEL OF A HUNTING BOY
A VERY RARE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MODEL OF A HUNTING BOY
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Important Jade Carvings from the Jinshi Tang Collection
A VERY RARE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MODEL OF A HUNTING BOY

JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

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A VERY RARE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MODEL OF A HUNTING BOY
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The boy is carved in the round with bent legs as in a hunting motion. He is holding an eagle on one hand and a short bow in the other. The stone is of an even pale celadon tone with deep russet inclusions.
3 in. (8 cm.) high
Literature
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p.114-115

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Lot Essay

Compare with another jade hunting boy grasping a bird, but of a smaller size, also dated to the Jin dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 92, no. 79.

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