A VERY RARE PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT ELEPHANT

Lot 820
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Lot 820 | A VERY RARE PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT ELEPHANT
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A VERY RARE PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT ELEPHANT

SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644)

The recumbent elephant is shown with the legs tucked underneath its body and the head turned to one side, with finely incised lines to highlight details such as the folds of the ears. The stone is of a greyish-green tone and has some fine russet striations.

2 7/8 in. (7.3 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

B. Morgan and Wu Hung, Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, London, 1990, no. 65.

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 28-29, no. 9.



Exhibited

London, Bluett & Sons Ltd., Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, 1990.
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