Page 84 - Christie's London May 14, 2019 Chinese Works of Art

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION (LOTS 131-133)

Christie’s is delighted to ofer these three magnifcent jade carvings purchased by the vendor’s grandmother in the mid-1950s from the renowned London
dealer Spink & Son Ltd. The vendor’s grandmother was a benefactor of Durham University’s Oriental Museum to whom she donated several Chinese works
of art. She acquired these jade carvings to furnish her then newly purchased family home, the 16th century Elizabethan mansion Grove Place, in Nursling,
Hampshire. A second group of jade animal carvings from this collection will be ofered in these rooms in November 2019.

131
A LARGE PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE CARVING
OF AN ELEPHANT
18TH CENTURY
The elephant is carved standing foursquare with smiling eyes and its trunk
curled to the left. The folds of the elephant's skin are embellished with fnely
incised detail. The elephant's back and base of the feet are pierced with
apertures for mounting. The stone is of a pale greenish tone sufused with grey
veined inclusions.
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide, wood stand
£40,000-60,000 US$53,000-78,000
€47,000-70,000
PROVENANCE:
With Spink & Son Ltd., London, purchased January 1956.

清十八世紀 青白玉象

來源:
於1956年1月購自倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
英國私人珍藏

(Spink invoice)

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