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ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-265 BC)
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A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF AN ANIMAL
ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-265 BC)
The greenish-yellow stone with brown and dark red inclusions, carved as a recumbent mythical beast with bifurcated tail and horns, with raised nodes to the back alluding to the spine and incised geometric decoration to the sides
3½ in. (8 cm.) long, wood stand
ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-265 BC)
The greenish-yellow stone with brown and dark red inclusions, carved as a recumbent mythical beast with bifurcated tail and horns, with raised nodes to the back alluding to the spine and incised geometric decoration to the sides
3½ in. (8 cm.) long, wood stand
Provenance
From a private East Asian collection predominantly formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Purchased in 1988 from Li Bing Art shop, Hong Kong.
Purchased in 1988 from Li Bing Art shop, Hong Kong.
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