A white jade boy on elephant carving and a white jade goose carving
The elephant standing with its head slightly turned to the left and the trunk curled to the right, with a boy clambering up its shoulder holding a floral stem, Yuan/Ming dynasty, wood stand, 4.6cm (1 3/4in) long; together with a white jade goose carved in openwork with a long slender neck, the head turned to the left grasping its left wing in its beak, the feathered wings swept up either side of the rounded body, the feet tucked underneath, Jin/Yuan dynasty, wood stand, 4.2cm (1 3/4in) high. (4).
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Provenance:
The elephant carving:
Colonel M.M.Munro, Scotland
O.J.R.Allen, purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London, on 2 October 2000
Marchant, London
The goose carving:
An Asian private collection
O.J.R.Allen, purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London on 20 October 2005
Marchant, London
Exhibited, Published and Illustrated:
S. Marchant & Son, 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, London, 2000, no.17 (elephant)
S. Marchant & Son, 80th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, London, 2005, no.48 (goose)
Marchant, Chinese Jades from the Mr. O.J.R. Allen Collection, London, 2013, no.2 (goose) and 7 (elephant)
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O.J.R.Allen???2000?10?2?????S. Marchant & Son
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O.J.R.Allen???2005?10?20?????S. Marchant & Son
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S. Marchant & Son??75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections?????2000????17????
S. Marchant & Son??80th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing?????2005????48????
Marchant??Chinese Jades from the Mr. O.J.R. Allen Collection?????2013????2?????7????
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The elephant standing with its head slightly turned to the left and the trunk curled to the right, with a boy clambering up its shoulder holding a floral stem, Yuan/Ming dynasty, wood stand, 4.6cm (1 3/4in) long; together with a white jade goose carved in openwork with a long slender neck, the head turned to the left grasping its left wing in its beak, the feathered wings swept up either side of the rounded body, the feet tucked underneath, Jin/Yuan dynasty, wood stand, 4.2cm (1 3/4in) high. (4).
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Provenance:
The elephant carving:
Colonel M.M.Munro, Scotland
O.J.R.Allen, purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London, on 2 October 2000
Marchant, London
The goose carving:
An Asian private collection
O.J.R.Allen, purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London on 20 October 2005
Marchant, London
Exhibited, Published and Illustrated:
S. Marchant & Son, 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, London, 2000, no.17 (elephant)
S. Marchant & Son, 80th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, London, 2005, no.48 (goose)
Marchant, Chinese Jades from the Mr. O.J.R. Allen Collection, London, 2013, no.2 (goose) and 7 (elephant)
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?????M.M.Munro
O.J.R.Allen???2000?10?2?????S. Marchant & Son
??Marchant
???
??????
O.J.R.Allen???2005?10?20?????S. Marchant & Son
??Marchant
?????????
S. Marchant & Son??75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections?????2000????17????
S. Marchant & Son??80th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing?????2005????48????
Marchant??Chinese Jades from the Mr. O.J.R. Allen Collection?????2013????2?????7????
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????????????????????5?????2011????88??92?