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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 82-110)
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A RARE LARGE PALE CELADON JADE SEGMENTED ‘DRAGON’
ORNAMENT
18TH CENTURY
The ornament is made up of several segmented plaques, fxed on a dark red
velvet ground to depict a sinuous fve-clawed dragon encircled by fames,
chasing a pearl. The scales and mane are fnely incised. The stone is of a pale
celadon tone, with some areas of mottled white inclusion.
24æ in. (63 cm.) long
£15,000-25,000 $22,000-35,000
€18,000-29,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Asia in the early 20th century.
Compare the current lot to a very similar segmented jade ‘dragon’ ornament,
sold at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3662.
清十八世紀 青白玉戲珠龍牌
來源: 歐洲私人珍藏; 二十世紀初購自亞洲
70 Other fees apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of our Conditions of Sale at the back of this Catalogue
