Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Property from a Canadian Private Collection
A yellow jade mythical beast, Ming dynasty | 明 黃玉瑞獸
Auction Closed
September 22, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A yellow jade mythical beast
Ming dynasty
明 黃玉瑞獸
recumbent with all four legs tucked beside the body and the bushy tail swept against the left haunch, the head raised with an alert expression, the flaring nostrils and large round eyes beneath curled eyebrows, a single horn between the ears, the back finely incised with fur, the base with two drilled holes for suspension, the softly polished stone of warm yellow tone with patches of russet
Width 2⅛ in., 5.3 cm
Collection of Charlotte and George McDonald Goldsack, acquired circa the 1930s, and thence by descent.
來源
Charlotte 及 George McDonald Goldsack 伉儷收藏，得於約1930年代，此後家族傳承
Compare to two related examples attributed to the Song-Ming dynasty, one exhibited and published in Chinese Jades from Han to Ching, Asia Society, New York, 1980, cat. no. 49; the other one published in Dr. Ip Yee, Zhongguo yudiao / Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, pl. 147. See an earlier precedent attributed to the Tang dynasty and illustrated in J. J. Schedel, The Splendor of Jade, New York, 1974, pl. 5.
A related example sold at Christie's London, 28th March 2007, lot 175. Another similar example with its head turned to the left sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd October 2017, lot 3762.