June 23, 2022 10:00 EST
Collect: Asian Arts
98
A Chinese white marble figure of a crouching rabbit
Tang dynasty or later
The stone of a pale grey tone, with russet encrustations.
L: 4 5/8 in.
PROVENANCE:
The Jizhen Zhai Collection
Property from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED: Fang Jing Pei et al, "Treasures of the Chinese Scholar"; New York, 1997, p. 76, fig. 67
Sold for $3,024
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
The stone of a pale grey tone, with russet encrustations.
PROVENANCE:
The Jizhen Zhai Collection
Property from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED: Fang Jing Pei et al, "Treasures of the Chinese Scholar"; New York, 1997, p. 76, fig. 67
NOTE:
For a similar but larger white marble crouching hare dated to the Tang dynasty, see the example from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull, sold Sotheby's, New York, December 6, 1983, lot 252
