April 13, 2022 10:00 EST
Asian Arts
82
A Chinese jade carving of a mythological animal 瑞兽玉雕
Possibly Six Dynasties/Tang 或为六朝至唐代
Depicting a recumbent lion-like beast with thick scrolled eyebrows, wide, round eyes, and large scrolled nose, all on a flat face, straight mane ending in scrolls, in between two leaf-shaped ears to the sides of head, along with a broad fan-form tail on the back; the stone of yellowish-celadon with mottled beige inclusions.
H: 2 in., L: 2 1/2 in.
PROVENANCE:
A Dorset Manor House, United Kingdom, by repute
S. Marchant & Son, London
Property from a private collection, Bethesda, Maryland, acquired from the above, April 3, 2006 (As probably Six dynasties/Tang dynasty)
EXHIBITED: London, S. Marchant & Son, "Chinese Jades from Han to Qing", 2005, #47
Sold for $10,080
Estimated at $7,000 - $9,000
Depicting a recumbent lion-like beast with thick scrolled eyebrows, wide, round eyes, and large scrolled nose, all on a flat face, straight mane ending in scrolls, in between two leaf-shaped ears to the sides of head, along with a broad fan-form tail on the back; the stone of yellowish-celadon with mottled beige inclusions.
PROVENANCE:
A Dorset Manor House, United Kingdom, by repute
S. Marchant & Son, London
Property from a private collection, Bethesda, Maryland, acquired from the above, April 3, 2006 (As probably Six dynasties/Tang dynasty)
EXHIBITED: London, S. Marchant & Son, "Chinese Jades from Han to Qing", 2005, #47
