A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A DOG, SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY China, 960-1368. The recumbent dog with its hind legs bent under the body and tail swept to the side, its head rested on its front paws, detailed with neatly incised almond-shaped eyes, a long snout, and distinct scrolling ears. The translucent stone of a pale celadon tone with russet streaks and scattered cloudy white inclusions. Provenance: The Private Collection of Irene and Wolfgang Zacke. The couple has been active in the art trade for well over half a century and were one of the first in Austria to offer Asian works of art for sale, starting in 1968. Since the late 1980s, they have been collecting ancient Chinese jades, building an extensive collection over the decades. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few minuscule nicks, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Weight: 69.2 g Dimensions: Length 7.1 cm Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related celadon and russet jade figure of a hound, also dated Song to Yuan dynasty, at Sotheby's Hong Kong in The Robert Youngman Collection of Chinese Jade II on 3 April 2019, lot 3450, sold for HKD 106,250. 宋至元代青白玉留皮臥犬 中國，960-1368年。臥犬後腿彎曲于身體下，尾巴向側面掃去，下巴靠在前爪上，杏仁狀的眼睛雕刻生動，長鼻子，耳朵貼在頭部兩側。 淡青色半透明玉料，帶有赤褐色脈絡和分散的白色絮狀物。 來源：Irene 與Wolfgang Zacke收藏。這對夫妻一直活躍於藝術品行業已有半個多世紀，自1968年起他們開始在奧地利經營亞洲藝術品，是最早的商人之一。自1980年代後期以來，他們一直在收集中國古玉，數十年來建立了一個大規模的收藏。 品相：品相極好，輕微磨損，些微划痕，石料有天然脈絡，隨著時間的推移，其中一些可能會發展成細小的裂縫。 重量：69.2 克 尺寸：長 7.1 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相近青玉臥犬，宋至元代，見香港蘇富比 The Robert Youngman Collection of Chinese Jade II 2019年4月3日 lot 3450, 售價HKD 106,250。