A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A DOG, SONG TO MING DYNASTY China, 960-1644. Depicted resting its head on its outstretched forelegs with the back arched and tail swept to the side. The mostly opaque stone with translucent areas to the legs and of a celadon tone with russet shadings and 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 have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Weight: 98.9 g Dimensions: Length 8.4 cm Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related pale celadon jade figure of a dog, with similar russet streaking, of only very slightly larger size (9.9 cm long), at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 30 November to 1 December 2017, lot 685, sold for HKD 150,000. 宋至明代青玉留皮臥犬擺件 中國，960-1644年。圓雕一匍匐獵犬。前肢前伸，下頷枕於前足上，尾巴捲曲於一側。青玉大面積為不透明，腿部玉料有半透明區域，赤褐色陰影和白色絮狀内含物。 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，些微小划痕，帶有天然脈絡的石料，隨著時間的推移，其中一些已經發展成細小的裂紋。 重量：98.9 克 尺寸：長 8.4 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相似的青白玉犬, 相似玉皮，尺寸稍大 (長9.9 厘米), 見香港蘇富比 Chinese Art 2017年11月30日至12月1日 lot 685, 售價HKD 150,000。