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A VERY RARE JADE CARVING OF AN EMBRYONIC MYTHICAL ANIMAL
A VERY RARE JADE CARVING OF AN EMBRYONIC MYTHICAL ANIMAL
A VERY RARE JADE CARVING OF AN EMBRYONIC MYTHICAL ANIMAL
A VERY RARE JADE CARVING OF AN EMBRYONIC MYTHICAL ANIMAL
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A VERY RARE JADE CARVING OF AN EMBRYONIC MYTHICAL ANIMAL

HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3900-3000 BC

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A VERY RARE JADE CARVING OF AN EMBRYONIC MYTHICAL ANIMAL
HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3900-3000 BC
3 3⁄8 in. (8.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Chang Wei-Hwa, Taipei, 4 October 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p'ing, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, p. 78, no. 5
Exhibited
The National Palace Museum, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999

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Lot Essay

Compare a celadon jade carving of a mythical figure in the Palace Museum, Beijing, which shares a similar exaggerated and imaginative style, and probably comes from the Hongshan Culture, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, no. 40 (fig. 1).

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