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A rare pale green jade 'three rams' carving 18th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,200 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare pale green jade 'three rams' carving
18th century
Well carved with a single large ram with its hooved legs tucked under its body, its head slightly turned delicately nudging at the smaller ram seated before him, with a young clambering over his right flank, the stone of pale green tone with unusual hair-crystal-like inclusions, cleverly used to denote the fur, wood stand.
10cm (3⅞in) long (2).
Well carved with a single large ram with its hooved legs tucked under its body, its head slightly turned delicately nudging at the smaller ram seated before him, with a young clambering over his right flank, the stone of pale green tone with unusual hair-crystal-like inclusions, cleverly used to denote the fur, wood stand.
10cm (3⅞in) long (2).
Footnotes
Jade carvings utilising hair-crystal type inclusions are rare. Compare a similar 'three sheep' jade carving from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Beijing, 2008, pl.167.














