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A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON-FISH AND BOY' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The flattened pebble carved to depict Liuhai, grasping a floral spray thrown over his shoulder, straddled over a scaly dragon-fish swimming through crashing waves, the reverse with Liuhai's three-legged toad hanging on to the dragon's side fin, the even creamy-white stone with areas of russet inclusions
5 in. (13 cm.) long, stand
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The flattened pebble carved to depict Liuhai, grasping a floral spray thrown over his shoulder, straddled over a scaly dragon-fish swimming through crashing waves, the reverse with Liuhai's three-legged toad hanging on to the dragon's side fin, the even creamy-white stone with areas of russet inclusions
5 in. (13 cm.) long, stand
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 8 April 1988, lot 178
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 171
Exhibited
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004