Lot 330
330
A WHITE JADE RECUMBENT HOUND, its front legs extended forward, the crossed paws supporting the head, the spine and ribs defined by even incised lines, the tail curling along the right haunch, the stone of pale tone with russet inclusions (the base pierced for mounting),

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A WHITE JADE RECUMBENT HOUND, its front legs extended forward, the crossed paws supporting the head, the spine and ribs defined by even incised lines, the tail curling along the right haunch, the stone of pale tone with russet inclusions (the base pierced for mounting),

Song Dynasty
7.2cm. long
Provenance
Mrs Edgar Stone

Lot Essay

Cf. similar examples in Chinese Jade Carving, The Eighth Festival of Asian Arts, Urban Council Hong Kong and Min Chu Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, no.135, from the collection of W.P. Chiung; also Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, James C. Y. Watt, The Asia Society, no.38; the crossed leg position is discussed as a significant style in Song sculpture in Chinese Jade-Stone for the Emperors, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, no.42, a dog from the Pollard Collection, dated Tang-Song Dynasty

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