A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A FOREIGNER AND BUDDHIST LION

Lot 843
21.09.2023 15:00UTC -05:00
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$ 40 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 843 | A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A FOREIGNER AND BUDDHIST LION
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A FOREIGNER AND BUDDHIST LION

YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

The foreigner is carved with curly hair and bulging eyes, and shown tussling with a Buddhist lion over a brocade ball. The stone is of even white tone.

2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high





Provenance

Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, 27 August 1990.

The LJZ Collection, United States.





Literature

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 74-75, no. 32.
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