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SONG/MING DYNASTY 12TH-15TH CENTURY
Details
A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MODEL OF A BEAR
SONG/MING DYNASTY 12TH-15TH CENTURY
The reclining beast is modelled with the head turned to one side, the legs are tucked under the body and the tail is swept over the hind quarters. The stone is of a mottled tone with russet areas.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long.
SONG/MING DYNASTY 12TH-15TH CENTURY
The reclining beast is modelled with the head turned to one side, the legs are tucked under the body and the tail is swept over the hind quarters. The stone is of a mottled tone with russet areas.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long.
Provenance
The collection of James W. and Marilyn Alsdorf, Chicago.
Sotheby's Chicago, Centuries of Style, 12 April 1999, no. 606.
With Marchant, London.
Sotheby's Chicago, Centuries of Style, 12 April 1999, no. 606.
With Marchant, London.
Exhibited
Marchant, London, 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, 2000, p. 93, no. 73.
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