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Lot 11

A rare white jade 'goose and bird of prey' finial
Jin-Yuan Dynasty

11 November 2010, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £36,000 inc. premium

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A rare white jade 'goose and bird of prey' finial

Jin-Yuan Dynasty
The finial carved in openwork with a bird of prey above a wild goose amidst interlaced leafy lotus tendrils, with a dragonfly at the top feeding off a lotus pod, the stone of grey-white tone with very minor russet inclusions, four holes at the base.
6cm (2⅜in) high

Footnotes

Provenance: an English private collection.

Similar carving of a wild goose and bird of prey can be seen on a jade plaque, attributed to the Song or Yuan Dynasty, and a related jade finial, attributed to Liao or Jin Dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pls.73 and 97.

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