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A fine and rare white jade carving of a recumbent doe
Qianlong

Fine Chinese Art
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A fine and rare white jade carving of a recumbent doe

Qianlong
The reclining doe superbly carved with its head held high and turned slightly to the right, its ears pricked and legs tightly tucked beneath its body, clasping a leafy sprig of lingzhi fungus in its mouth, the body finely incised to naturalistically depict the fur and radial markings, the stone of a white tone with minor white inclusions and russet streaks, wood stand.
10.9cm (4¼in) wide. (2).

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Provenance: purchased from John Sparks Ltd., London on 6 October 1952 for £70
The Property of a Lady and thence by descent

This rare mythical beast bears relation to a small (5cm long) white jade carving of a ram-like animal holding a spray of lingzhi fungus in its mouth, illustrated in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, Catalogue no.168. The form of the current beast, with its rotund haunches and short pricked ears is also comparable to an 18th century white and russet jade carving of a doe formerly in the Gerald Godfrey Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 1995, lot 892, where it is attributed to the Suzhou workshops.

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