RARE CHAMEAU EN JADE SCULPTE CELADON PALE ET ROUILLE

CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN-MING, XIIIÈME-XIVÈME SIECLE

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RARE CHAMEAU EN JADE SCULPTE CELADON PALE ET ROUILLE
CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN-MING, XIIIème-XIVème SIECLE
Représenté couché, sculpté au naturel, les muscles saillants, la tête légèrement tournée vers la gauche, le pelage finement incisé sur la crinère, le museau, la queue et au-dessus des sabots, la gueule ouverte laissant paraître les dents et la langue, une corde tressée passée à travers les naseaux et reliée au harnais enserrant les deux bosses, celles-ci rehaussées d'une étoffe retombant sur les flancs en plis fluides ; petits accidents aux extrémités des oreilles
Longueur: 7,5 cm. (2 15/16 in.), Hauteur: 5,7 cm. (2¼ in.)

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A VERY RARE CARVED RUSSET AND PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL
CHINA, YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Such exceptionally fine carved jade figures of camels are very rare. Most of the known examples from the Song and Yuan dynasties are represented without harness and saddle-cloth. The russet and pale celadon nephrite material of the present figure is typical of those used to carve the Song-Ming animals.
For other fine examples of jade camels, refer to the Gerald Godfrey Collection, sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 30 October 1995, Lot 867 ; or the yellow jade camel dated Tang and published in Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong 1983, p.138, pl.128.
A jade animal with similar strong and naturalistic carving, dated Song, is illustrated in Jadeware (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, p.68, pl.58.
A jade horse with a similar fine carving is published in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong 1996, p.146, pl.126.

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