A MOTTLED GREY JADE 'DOUBLE RAM' GROUP LATE MING DYNASTY, 17...

A MOTTLED GREY JADE 'DOUBLE RAM' GROUP LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 白褐玉羊 晚明 十七世纪 the entwined animals with heads resting on each others haunches, the legs and tails tucked neatly beneath their bodies 3.5cm wide PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Bluett & Sons, 1981, with original invoice EXHIBITED: Bluett & Sons, ‘Dr Newton’s Zoo: A Study of Post-Archaic Small Jade Carvings’, London, 1981, No. 53 NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Ip Yee, ‘Chinese Jade Carving’, Hong Kong, 1983, No. 149 James C.Y. Watt, ‘Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing’, New York, 1980, No. 22

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