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depicted with a sharp beak and large bulging eyes, the body rendered with an elongated tail.
Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection.
Provenance: Acquired in Beijing, April 1943, from Huang Jun (Huang Bochuan, 1880-1952), owner of Zunguzhai (according to Max Loehr's notes).
Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988).
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.
Sotheby's Paris, 15th December 2016, lot 5.
Exhibited: Max Loehr, Early Chinese Jades. A Loan Exhibition Presented by the Museum of Art, University of Michigan, Alumni Memorial Hall, Ann Arbor, 1953, cat. no. 85.
Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, cat. no. 68.
Sotheby's. Monochrome III, Hong Kong, 22 April 2021
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