SONG/MING DYNASTY (12TH-15TH CENTURY)

Details

A SMALL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ARCHAISTIC RING
SONG/MING DYNASTY (12TH-15TH CENTURY)
The convex sides are carved in low relief with three dissolved taotie masks within narrow raised borders at the inner and outer edges. There are fine russet markings in the semi-translucent white stone.
1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private collection, United States, acquired in 1970s.

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Lot Essay

Archaistic motifs similar to those found on this ring can be seen on one side of a quadrilobed pendant from the collection of Dr. Paul Singer, illustrated by J.C.Y. Watt in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Asia Society, New York, 1980, p. 202, no. 198, where it is dated probably Song.

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