A SMALL JADE CARVING OF RHINOCEROS Ming dynasty or earlier
A SMALL JADE CARVING OF RHINOCEROS
Ming dynasty or earlier
Standing four-square, the heavy beast with humpback and a single horn on top of the snout, the small head with square jaw, a rope behind the shoulders indicating harness, perforated through the mouth for attachment, the celadon stone with natural veins and inclusions mottled black and brown, softly polished with degraded pitting from burial.
2 9/16in (6.8cm) length
Footnotes:
明或更早 小件青玉犀牛擺飾
Provenance:
Sir Joseph Hotung, 1988
來源:
何鴻卿爵士舊藏,1988年
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A SMALL JADE CARVING OF RHINOCEROS
Ming dynasty or earlier
Standing four-square, the heavy beast with humpback and a single horn on top of the snout, the small head with square jaw, a rope behind the shoulders indicating harness, perforated through the mouth for attachment, the celadon stone with natural veins and inclusions mottled black and brown, softly polished with degraded pitting from burial.
2 9/16in (6.8cm) length
Footnotes:
明或更早 小件青玉犀牛擺飾
Provenance:
Sir Joseph Hotung, 1988
來源:
何鴻卿爵士舊藏,1988年