Lot 131: SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS Late Qing Dynasty

SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS

Late Qing Dynasty

The mythical beast of flatten form decorated with 'comma' scroll designs with long mane on the back, the pale stone stained brown in areas; the axe of rectangular shape perforated at one end, decorated with a
chi dragon between line borders, the reverse with
ruyi scrolls, the mottled stone stained black; the blade-shaped plaque of rectangular shape, the cutting edge with rounded sides, the other end decorated with a recumbent mythical beast, the stone stained brown; the thumb ring carved with a
chi dragon in relief, the olive green stone stained black in areas; the smaller thumb ring with thick walls carved with a
chi dragon in relief, the gray stone mottled brown and stained black in areas; the short cylinder with thick walls carved with a
chi dragon in high relief, the olive green stone stained brown in areas. (6)


1in to 3 11/16in (2.5cm to 9.4cm) long

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.







Surface pitting and wear, most significantly to the black stone axe. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity. Chip and associated hairline crack to one thumb ring.

清末 仿古玉石飾 瑞獸 鉞 扳指 共六件



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, 1913

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今



The short jade cylinder with
chi dragon in high relief compares very closely to the jade ring donated to the British Museum by James Hilton in 1930, illustrated on the museum's website, registration number 1930.1217.27, attributed as Qing dynasty.

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