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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

Lot 139

A fine grey jade carving of a mythical beast
17th century

Fine Chinese Art

8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £70,850 inc. premium

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A fine grey jade carving of a mythical beast

17th century
The grey jade with characteristic black striations, retaining the shape of the original pebble and carved as a mythical beast with its head looking over its left shoulder and gripping a leafy double lingzhi spray in its mouth, the mane in thickly curling stylised locks and the feet tucked underneath, wood stand. 9.4cm (3¾in) long (2).

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Provenance: the Collection of Lord and Lady Cunliffe and thence by descent

十七世紀灰玉雕瑞獸

來源：康裏弗勛爵及夫人收藏，並由家族繼承下去

Compare the grey flecked stone retaining its original pebble shape, and the treatment of the carving with luxuriant curls and sweetly clasped paws in a piece dated to the Song to Yuan Dynasties, included in the exhibition Chinese Jade Animals held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1996, Catalogue, no.114.

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