A WHITE JADE FIGURAL BEAD

Lot 811
21.09.2023 15:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1007289
Lot 811 | A WHITE JADE FIGURAL BEAD
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A WHITE JADE FIGURAL BEAD

SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644)

The bead is carved as a foreigner with pendulous earlobes suspending hoops and a neat coiffure tied at the back of the head, and is shown wearing robes with long sleeves. The bead is pierced longitudinally and the stone is of even white tone.

2 in. (5.1 cm.) high





Provenance

Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York.

Anthony Carter, London, 29 March 2004.

The LJZ Collection, United States.



Literature

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 14-15, no. 2.
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