A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A CAMEL TANG - MING DYNASTY |

recumbent with the legs tucked close to the body, the pronounced ribs showing between the bent legs, two small humps rising along the spine, the neck resting against the shoulders and the head slightly bowed with the eyes open, the lips sealed and the ears relaxed, the fur finely incised at the forehead and hump, the stone a translucent pale green speckled on the surface with yellow-russet skin, pierced twice at the legs, wood stand (2)

Alice Boney, New York, 17th March 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 104.

The carving is in good overall condition with expected wear, minute scattered nicks, perhaps lightly cleaned and polished. Please note that this lot includes a stand, frame or other component made from a type of Chinese hardwood, which, if exported, will require a CITES permit to leave the United States.
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