A MOTTLED CREAMY-GREY JADE RAMS GROUP, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CE...

A MOTTLED CREAMY-GREY JADE RAMS GROUP, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 褐玉羊 清 十九世纪 depicting two rams one climbing onto its back and the other crouching at its front legs 5cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Frank Ormond, August 1989 NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Jessica Rawson, ‘Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing’, London, 1995, P. 238 Angus Forsyth, Brian McElney, ‘Jades from China’, Bath, 1994, No. 199 Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Chinese Jade Animals’, 1996, No. 90

Estimate:£450

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