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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A MINIATURE WHITE AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A FOREIGNER AND BUDDHIST LION
TANG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 618-1368)
Details
A MINIATURE WHITE AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A FOREIGNER AND BUDDHIST LION
TANG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 618-1368)
The stone is cleverly carved utilizing the white and brown markings to depict an animated foreigner with a Buddhist lion at his side.
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high, cloth box
TANG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 618-1368)
The stone is cleverly carved utilizing the white and brown markings to depict an animated foreigner with a Buddhist lion at his side.
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
Pasadena, Pacificulture-Asia Museum, 13 June–15 August 1976.
New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Brought to you by
Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist