SIX DYNASTIES (220-589 AD)

Details

A BLACK AND PALE CELADON JADE BIXIE
SIX DYNASTIES (220-589 AD)
2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) long

Provenance

Hong Kong Private Collection, prior to 1983

Literature

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 132

Exhibited

Jade in Chinese Culture, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, 1990, cat. no. 27
Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 126
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 58

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Please note there is additional provenance for this lot:
Hong Kong Private Collection, prior to 1983

請注意本拍品有更多的來源訊息：
香港私人珍藏，於1983年前入藏

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Lot Essay

Compare to a similar mythical beast, dated to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, currently preserved in the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol. 4, Qin, Han, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Hebei, 1993, pl. 306. (fig. 1)

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