A RARE GREY AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A TIGER Song Dynasty (2)A RARE GREY AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A TIGERSong DynastyThe crouching tiger facing forward with bulbous eyes, a long snout, closed mouth, the ears pressed back against the neck, its paws outstretched and seated on its haunches, the stone of greyish white tone with blackish-brown inclusions, box. 5.2cm (2in) high. (2).宋 灰白玉雕異獸把件Provenance:C. Philip Cardeiro (1930-2014)Illustrated:Knapton & Rasti Asian Art Ltd., The Property of Mr Philip Cardeiro, London, 2009, no.30 (label)來源：菲利普·卡迪羅 (1930至2014年)著錄：Knapton & Rasti Asian Art Ltd., The Property of Mr Philip Cardeiro, 倫敦, 2009年, no.30（標簽）Philip Cardeiro was born in 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, and at a very early age developed a fascination with world art and culture. He made his first acquisition in the 1940s, and thereafter began a lifetime of collecting which continued unabated for the next six decades, with the greatest bulk of his collecting taking place in the late 1960s and 70s, amassing an impressive collection of porcelain, jades, cloisonné, scholar's objects and furniture, amongst others.Compare with a closely related Song dynasty jade figure of a mythical beast, illustrated by J.C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Han to the Ch'ing, New York, 1980, no.58.青玉質，灰白閃青，圓雕一獸坐像，獸尖嘴圓唇，深眉圓目，駝背，短尾。 菲利普·卡迪羅（Philip Cardeiro）於1930年出生於麻薩諸塞州波士頓，並從小就培養了對世界各地藝術和文化的興趣。 在二十世紀四十年代，他首次購得人生中第一件藝術品，從此在接著的六十年裏，展開了其一輩子的收藏。在六十和七十年代，菲利普的收藏已達巔峰時期，其收藏範圍十分廣泛，包括瓷器、玉器、掐絲琺瑯器、文房用品及家具等。此獸形態古穆，可參考紐約亞洲協會美術館展出一件宋代玉雕臥獸，著錄於屈志仁著，《Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing》，紐約，1980年，編號58。