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Lot 79

Sale 6276 - Asian Arts
Apr 13, 2022 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$4,000 - 6,000
Price Realized
$12,600
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A Chinese brown and beige jade carving of a Baku 玉雕貘 Ming dynasty or earlier ????

Carved in a recumbent posture, depicting the unusual single horned mythical creature Baku ”?“ with round bulging eyes, a lively elephant trunk, and leaf-like elephant ears, with a sinuous long tail extended to its strongly ridged back, the four legs tipped by sharp paws, surface finely polished, retaining traces of cinnabar in the recesses. Cloth box.

L: 2 3/4 in.

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