ID 1007296
Lot 839 | A WHITE JADE 'EAGLE AND DOG' GROUP
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644)
The group is carved as an eagle with outspread wings perched on top of a crouching dog with back-turned head, with the talons of the eagle's left foot sunk into the muzzle of the dog. The even white stone has a few areas of russet.
2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
Professor Cheng Te-k'un (1908-2001), The Mu-Fei Collection, Cambridge, England.
Bluett & Sons, London, 31 December 1990.
The LJZ Collection, United States.
Literature
J. Ayers and J. Rawson, "Chinese Jade throughout the Ages," Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, vol. 40, 1975, no. 238.
J. C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p. 48, no. 21.
B. Morgan and Wu Hung, Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, London, 1990, no. 42.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 32-33, no. 11.
Exhibited
London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Chinese Jade throughout the Ages, 1 May-22 June 1975.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Fall 1980.
London, Bluett & Sons Ltd., Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, 1990.
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Liao dynasty, Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Liao dynasty, Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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