PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
Lot 424
A Celadon jade recumbent camel
Song/Ming Dynasty
14 December 2020, 19:00 EST
Los AngelesSold for US$12,750 inc. premium
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A Celadon jade recumbent camel
Song/Ming Dynasty
Of slightly curving form, the camel kneeling and looking back over its right shoulder, the humps naturalistically leaning, the hooves, mane and beard of the animal neatly delineated, the stone with natural brown veining primarily to the reverse side, pierced vertically for suspension.
2 1/4in (5.8 cm) wide
Of slightly curving form, the camel kneeling and looking back over its right shoulder, the humps naturalistically leaning, the hooves, mane and beard of the animal neatly delineated, the stone with natural brown veining primarily to the reverse side, pierced vertically for suspension.
2 1/4in (5.8 cm) wide
Footnotes
For another Song/Ming Dynasty brown and yellow jade camel of larger size and looking forward rather than backward, see Christie's, Hong Kong, The Gerald Godfrey Private Collection of Fine Chinese Jades, 30 October 1995, lot 857