A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF AN ANIMAL
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 2… Read more FROM A PRIVATE EAST ASIAN COLLECTION PREDOMINANTLY FORMED IN THE 1980S AND 1990S IN HONG KONG (LOTS 584-589 INCLUSIVE)
A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF AN ANIMAL

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
Provenance
From a private East Asian collection predominantly formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Purchased in 1988 from Li Bing Art shop, Hong Kong.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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