A WHITE JADE 'CATS' GROUPQING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

Length 2 1/2 in., 6.5 cm

the two animals carved in a recumbent pose, one slightly larger than the other, each with a full rounded body curling towards the other and exchanging glances through almond-shaped eyes, the rounded paws tucked neatly underneath, the translucent stone a pale ivory color transmuting to a slightly darker tone on the smaller figure with opaque white and russet flecking

Provenance

Rare Art, Inc., New York, 5th March 1974.

Literature

Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 97.