A rare pale green jade carving of a goose, Song - Yuan dynasty

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September 16, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Description

Length 2⅞ in., 7.3 cm

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.

Anthony Carter Ltd., London.

Compare four smaller jade carvings of geese (2.7-3.4 cm), attributed to the Yuan dynasty, excavated from Hejiacun, Shaanxi province, now housed in the Xi'an Institute of Archaeology, and illustrated in Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 14 Shaanxi, Beijing, 2005, pl. 230.

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