Three recumbent jade animals


The first, seated looking forward with its head resting on the front legs, with a curved knobbly spine reaching to the bushy incised tail, the legs well defined underneath, the stone of pale green with russet inclusions, Ming dynasty, 6.6cm (2 5/8in) long; the second, carved as a tiger with its head turned towards the right and tail flicked across its right haunch, the legs well defined with claws, the stone of pale green with beige and russet inclusions, Ming dynasty, 6.2cm (2 1/2in) long; and the third, of a mythical beast, its head turned backwards, with its front clawed feet turned forward, the tail flicked across its left haunch, with a drilled hole for suspension, the stone of pale green tone with russet inclusions and calcification, Ming dynasty or earlier, 5cm (2in) long, two boxes. (5).
|明及更早 青玉帶皮沁色臥獸把件 一組三件Provenance:The smaller mythical beast, M.E.McPherson Collection (label no.206-?)Durwin Tang Collection, prior to 2010來源：M.E.McPherson舊藏 （標籤206-?）（最小一件）鄧德雍收藏，早於2010年Compare with a related yellow and russet jade tiger, Ming dynasty, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from the Han to the Ch'ing, New York, 1980, no.60. See also two related jade mythical beasts, Song dynasty and Yuan/Ming dynasty, respectively, illustrated by G.Tsang, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, nos.84 and 135; and compare with a further example of a white and russet jade animal, Ming dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, Ming Dynasty, vol.6, Beijing, 2011, p.251, no.255.可參考一件明代黃玉帶皮虎把件，載於屈志仁著，《Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing》，紐約，1980年，編號60。另可比較香港藝術館曾展出之一件宋代及一件元或明代玉獸把件，見《中國肖生玉雕》，香港，1996年，編號84及135；北京故宮藏一件明代白玉帶皮玉獸亦資參考，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器篇》，卷六，北京，2011年，頁251，編號255。