A SUPERB WHITE AND RUSSET JADE `OX AND QILIN` GROUP

Lot 841
21.09.2023 15:00UTC -05:00
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$ 200 000
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Lot 841 | A SUPERB WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'OX AND QILIN' GROUP
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$ 200 000 – 300 000
A SUPERB WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'OX AND QILIN' GROUP

EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The group is carved as a recumbent ox with vapor emerging from its mouth and a small qilin. The tails of both creatures are finely incised and the hooves of the ox are well-carved. The stone is of an even white tone with areas of russet.

3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long





Provenance

Anthony Carter, London, 20 June 2007.

The LJZ Collection, United States.



Literature

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 82-83, no. 35.
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