Qilin en jade brun et noir sculpté Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIE-XVIIIE siècle

l'animal fabuleux couché, ses pattes terminées par des sabots repliées sous lui, la tête unicorne tournée vers la gauche, l'épine dorsale saillante, la crinière finement sculptée et le corps agrémenté de motifs archaïsants, socle en bois ; petits accidents

Collection of H.P. Clausen
Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 12th December 1940.

Special Exhibition of the Georges Estoppey Collection of Jade, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1942.

Stanley Charles Nott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, London, 1936, pl. LXII, p. 76.

Good overall condition. A 5 mm chip to the front of the animal's front right hoof, some fritting to the edge of the rear left foot. A few minor nicks in places to the edges of the carving. A 1,5 cm chip to the front edge of the wood stand. The actual color is consistent with the catalogue illustration.
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