Catalogue No.8
China: Ming dynasty [ 1368-1644 ]
Length: 1 1/4in [ 3.2cm ]
Length: 1 1/4in [ 3.2cm ]
A carving of a recumbent Bactrian camel and badger
in pale celadon and russet veined jade, the head and neck of the larger animal twisted round the body, the bearded face and mane
well incised, the undulations of the body finely represented.
Reference: The Urban Council, Hong Kong; Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, nos. 88, 89, 108 and 118, pages 114, 132 and 138.
Bluett & Sons Ltd.; Dr Newton¹s Zoo, A Study of Post-Archaic small jade carvings, London, 1981, no. 18, page 17.
Rawson, Jessica; Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, no. 26:12, pages 368 and 369.
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