A Yellowish-Brown Jade Carving of a Stele, Six Dynasties (AD 220-589)六朝 黄棕玉雕佛造像The leaf-shaped aureole containing a worn image of the Buddha, the reverse bearing an incised inscription with the last name ‘Gao’ (first name not legible), title ‘Zhongjun Sima’ (Central Minister of the Army) under the King of Lanling, of the donor and a date corresponding to AD 484 (the second year of Yongming, Qi dynasty), with carved sandalwood stand and storage box 带紫檀座, height 2.4 in — 6 cmProvenance:Mr. Loo, San Francisco Private CollectionJu Zhen Zhai, Shanghai (Republican Period)D.Y. Wu, Tianjin (Republican Period)来源：旧金山卢氏私人珍藏民国时期 古董商聚珍斋张仲英旧藏民国时期 天津政要万玉楼主人吴桐渊旧藏Literature:Illustrated in A. Salmony`s `Chinese Jade of Ancient China`, Berkeley, 1938, pl. LXX, figs. 3-4. 著录：Alfred Salmony著，中国古代玉雕，1938年加州伯克利出版， 70页，图片3-4Note:A similar example can be found in the Hangzhou History Museum, inscribed with a date corresponding to AD 869 (4.2cm), illustrated in "Hangzhou guyu" (Ancient Jade of Hangzhou), Beijing, 2003, p. 104, no. 107.Another example is illustrated in A. Salmony`s "Carved Jade of Ancient China", Berkeley, 1938, pl. LXX, fig. 2, a small (1 7/8 in), not inscribed, dated by Salmony to the Three Kingdoms to Six Dynasties period, originally from the collection of W. Burchard, London.类似工艺请参考杭州历史博物馆藏一尊4.2公分小玉佛像，带火焰纹背光，公元869年纪年铭文。2003年北京出版杭州古玉一书，104页，第107号。另一例参阅为A. Salmony 在1938年由伯克利出版的，早期中国玉雕一书，LXX页，第二图，为一件无铭文，树叶状背光的小尺寸站佛。Salmony将其断代为三国至六朝时期。此器物原为伦敦W. Burchard旧藏。Estimate: $20,000—30,000