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A BEIGE JADE 'BADGERS' GROUPQING DYNASTY |
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Length 2 1/2 in., 6.5 cm
carved as a pair of frolicking badgers, the larger animal arranged head to tail with its young, their broad heads with large round eyes and small ears, their bodies plump and each with a well-defined backbone leading to a long curling tail, the stone a warm beige with milky-white inclusions and russet veining
Provenance
Collection of Jon Edwards.
Literature
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 96.