A WHITE JADE 'TIGER' SCROLL TUBE, LEZI
SHANG DYNASTY (CIRCA 1600-1100 BC)

L 5 cm (2 in)

Provenance: An old collection of a Taiwanese collector

Reference: A jade dragon scroll tube, lezi, from the Shang dynasty, is kept in the Palace Museum and is illustrated in COMPENDIUM OF COLLECTIONS IN THE PALACE MUSEUM JADE 2 XIA, SHANG AND ZHOU DYNASTIES, by the Palace Museum, The Forbidden City Publishing House, Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, 2011, p.140, no.131

ESTIMATE: HK$ 20,000 / RMB 17,600