Lot Essay
The combination of a butterfly (hudie) and cats (mao) symbolize the wish, 'may you live into your seventies and eighties' (maodie).
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17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A SMALL GREYISH-WHITE AND BLACK JADE CARVING OF TWO CATS
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The group is carved as two recumbent cats, with a butterfly to the side of the head of the smaller cat. The mottled pale grey stone has areas of blackish-brown color and has a satiny polish.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The group is carved as two recumbent cats, with a butterfly to the side of the head of the smaller cat. The mottled pale grey stone has areas of blackish-brown color and has a satiny polish.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide
Provenance
R.H. Norton (1875-1953), Palm Beach, Florida, acquired 1941-1953.
Beatrice Norton-Richards (1920-2001), and thence by descent within the family.
Beatrice Norton-Richards (1920-2001), and thence by descent within the family.
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