A PALE GREEN AND BROWN JADE TIGER MING DYNASTY
A PALE GREEN AND BROWN JADE TIGER
MING DYNASTY
carved in the round, the coiled recumbent feline with its legs tucked under its body, the head lowered resting on the front paws, the long tail curled around the body and nestled between the head and paws, the face with squared eyes above a ruyi-form nose and straight mouth suggested by a single incised line, the small circular ears pinned back, the body with a neatly defined ridge and sparsely detailed with incised lines, the stone of a greenish-beige color with russet and brown inclusions
Width 1 5/8 in., 4.2 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 19th April 1951.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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A PALE GREEN AND BROWN JADE TIGER
MING DYNASTY
carved in the round, the coiled recumbent feline with its legs tucked under its body, the head lowered resting on the front paws, the long tail curled around the body and nestled between the head and paws, the face with squared eyes above a ruyi-form nose and straight mouth suggested by a single incised line, the small circular ears pinned back, the body with a neatly defined ridge and sparsely detailed with incised lines, the stone of a greenish-beige color with russet and brown inclusions
Width 1 5/8 in., 4.2 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 19th April 1951.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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