Lot 137: FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS Late Qing Dynasty

FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS

Late Qing Dynasty

The rabbit facing forward, the pair of elongated ears swept backwards, the translucent stone smoothly polished with natural brown areas and dark green inclusions; the cat in a recumbent pose looking back, the stone stained reddish brown in areas; the hound facing forward and resting on its forelegs, the ears detailed with carved scroll patterns, the sinuous tail curled around the body, the beige stone stained reddish-brown in areas, the mouth perforated horizontally for stringing; the other hound positioned on its stomach with the head lifted, the eyes open and alert, the ears outlined, the rump slightly raised and the tail tucked under, the translucent celadon stone stained back in areas; the tortoise simply carved with shallow grooves to depict the shell, the mottled green stone stained black and red in area. (5)


Rabbit: 1 1/2in (3.8cm) long;
Cat: 7/8in (2.2cm) long;
Brown hound: 1 7/8in (4.8cm) long;
Green hound: 2 1/4in (5.7cm) long;
Tortoise: 3in (7.6cm) long

清末 仿古玉雕擺飾 兔 猫 犬 龜 共五件



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 18 December 1911

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日

大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今

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