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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A HORNED BEAST
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644) OR EARLIER
Details
A SMALL PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A HORNED BEAST
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644) OR EARLIER
The beast is shown in a recument position with its head turned and tail swept upward, pierced with a rectangular slot on its back. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white color with some faint russet mottling to the back of its head and along its back.
2 in. (4.7 cm.) long
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644) OR EARLIER
The beast is shown in a recument position with its head turned and tail swept upward, pierced with a rectangular slot on its back. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white color with some faint russet mottling to the back of its head and along its back.
2 in. (4.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 10 February 1979, lot 199.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist