Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part 1 June 29th 2021

www.adams.ie 55 Fine Asian Art | 29 th & 30 th June 2021 57 A WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON AND RAT’ PENDANT WITH SIGNATURE OF LU ZIGANG 子岡 China, Qing Dynasty Carved in milky white stone as a coiled dragon and a rat, the side engraved with the signature Lu Zigang 子岡. H: 5 cm - w: 2,5 cm thickness: 0,6 cm Weight: 22 grams Notes: 1. The Zigang mark is after Lu Zigang, the renowned jade carver active in Suzhou in the second half of the 16th century. Details of his life and career are recorded by Zhou Nanquan, Gugong Shangyue Kan, 17, no. 1, who states that Lu was a native of Taicang, Jiangsu Province. Lu Zigang was one of the few Ming craftsmen of sufficient renown that his name was recorded in contemporary texts. His works were referred to by the Ming scholar Wang Shizhen and they reportedly doubled in value on rumours that they were being collected inside the Imperial Palace. 2. The dragon (long 龙 ) is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac and so is the rat (laoshu 老鼠) € 4,000 - 6,000 陆子冈签名“龙鼠”白玉吊坠 中国，清朝