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MING/QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
Details
a han-style celadon and black jade zodiac figure
Ming/Qing Dynasty (1368-1911)
Carved seated on its haunches, the body with a full belly and scales incised over its back, the head with two horns, bulging eyes and a ferocious mouth, holding a budding stem, the mottled greenish-grey stone with darker brown inclusions, pierced through the middle
2 3/8 in. (6.2 cm.) high
Ming/Qing Dynasty (1368-1911)
Carved seated on its haunches, the body with a full belly and scales incised over its back, the head with two horns, bulging eyes and a ferocious mouth, holding a budding stem, the mottled greenish-grey stone with darker brown inclusions, pierced through the middle
2 3/8 in. (6.2 cm.) high
Provenance
The Du Breuil Collection, assembled in Beijing and Tianjin in the 1930s and 1940s
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THE ILLUSTRATION IN THE CATALOGUE REPRODUCES THE OBJECT LARGER THAN ACTUAL SIZE.