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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ACQUIRED IN THE
                                        1950s AND 1960s

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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘IMMORTAL AND PHOENIX’ GROUP                              Property of a Lady.
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)                                                   Christie’s London, 31 January 1966, Lot 147.
                                                                              Private English Collection, predominantly acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.
清乾隆 青白玉蕉石仙女擺件
                                                                              來源:英國私人珍藏
The group is carved to depict a female immortal playing a fute beside a tall  於1966年1月31日倫敦佳士得拍賣,拍品第147號
rock and plantain tree, with a phoenix perched above. The stone is of a very
pale tone with a few minor mottled inclusions.

8æ in. (22.3 cm.) high

£10,000-20,000          $16,000-30,000
                        €14,000-27,000

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