A Chinese brown and beige jade carving of a Baku 玉雕貘 Ming dynasty or earlier ????
Sale 6276 - Asian Arts
Apr 13, 2022
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Live / Philadelphia
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$4,000 -
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$12,600
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A Chinese brown and beige jade carving of a Baku 玉雕貘 Ming dynasty or earlier ????
Carved in a recumbent posture, depicting the unusual single horned mythical creature Baku ”?“ with round bulging eyes, a lively elephant trunk, and leaf-like elephant ears, with a sinuous long tail extended to its strongly ridged back, the four legs tipped by sharp paws, surface finely polished, retaining traces of cinnabar in the recesses. Cloth box.
L: 2 3/4 in.PROVENANCE:
Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, California
Property from a private collection, Bethesda, MD, acquired from the above, August 16, 1988, (as Han period)
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