- 3441
A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A HOUND MING DYNASTY |
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description
- 8.5 cm, 3 3/8 in.
with legs tucked underneath its long recumbent body and its tail curled beside, its head tilted gently upwards looking ahead, detailed with a pair of almond-shaped eyes, a long snout and a pair of drooping funnel-shaped ears, the soft celadon stone with russet patches and veining
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 3rd April 1979, lot 31.
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd, New York, 1987.
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd, New York, 1987.
Literature
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 98.