A CARVED JADE GROUP OF A GOAT AND KID
A CARVED JADE GROUP OF A GOAT AND KIDEstimate $3,000 – $5,000
- Lot Sold $3,000 (Hammer Price)
- $3,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
both recumbent with legs tucked beneath their bodies, lying side by side, their heads turned over their backs, the goat conjuring from its mouth a sun supported on trailing cloud scrolls, the details well defined in the stone of even whitish tone with faint opaque suffusions
5CM
LITERATURE
The goat symbolises filial piety, kindness and patience and the subject was popular from the Ming dynasty.