A SMALL YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TURTLE SHELLMING DYNASTY |

the peaked carapace finely carved with hexagonal scutes extending to the slightly upturned edge of the shell, the plastron naturalistically rendered, the center hollow for use as an ornament, the stone a pale yellow color transmuting to russet

Purchased in New York, 1964.

Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 135.

The ornament is in good condition with only very light expected wear commensurate with age and use.
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A small yellow and russet jade 'turtle' pendant of the same size and period, but featuring the turtle's head and tail, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 24th November 2014, lot 1304. A small Ming dynasty brown jade ornament, also in the form of an empty turtle shell and of the same size as the present example, is in the collection of the Freer Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, acc. no. F1916.513.