Bidspirit auction | Rare Chinese Ming Carved Large

Rare Chinese Ming Carved Large Jade Recumbent Tiger on Rosewood Pedestal - Carved to depict a pouncing pose on the viewer. This is a strong example of Ming-carved jade accommodating the natural shape of the pale and dark gray boulder.  Sitting on a carved rosewood base.  Measuring H 4 W 9.5 in  Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company (Hanns Weinberg) London and New York Ashkenazi & Company, San Francisco  Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kaplan, New York and Palm Beach Exhibited at the Pal Spring Desert Museum, 1990 Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue 1990, #80 on page 86