Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 763
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE YELLOW JADE 'LION' WEIGHT
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1638
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Description
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE YELLOW JADE 'LION' WEIGHT
SONG-MING DYNASTY
5.6cm.
Neatly carved with its head turned to one side above a row of four paws, the tail curled up, the stone with grey and russet inclusions.
Provenance: from an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from the London trade.
Cf. Bluett & Sons Ltd, Dr Newton's Zoo, p.22, no.26 for a related carving with a similar taotie design to the head, dated to Song/Yuan, see also Sotheby's London, 8th December 2022, The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung Part II, lot 253 for another related carving dated to the Yuan dynasty.