A YELLOW JADE RECUMBENT LION SONG TO MING DYNASTY

well worked in the round as a recumbent lion with its head turned backwards and legs tucked beneath its body, depicted with well-defined claws and a ribbed spine terminating in a bushy tail flicked over its hind haunch, the yellow stone with russet inclusions and veining

Collection of James William and Marilyn Alsdorf, Chicago.
Sotheby's Chicago, 12th April 1999, lot 606.
S. Marchant and Son, London, 2000.
Collection of O.J.R. Allen.

75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, S. Marchant and Son, London, 2000, cat. no. 74.
Chinese Jades from the Mr O.J.R. Allen Collection, S. Marchant and Son, London, 2013, cat. no. 10.

The overall condition is very good except for a few minor nicks to the extremities, such as one to the bushy tail and a couple to the eyebrows. There is a perforation below its right forearm for suspension.
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