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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ACQUIRED IN THE
1950s AND 1960s
1011 PROVENANCE:
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ CARVING Collection of Professor J. Norman Collie (1859-1942), F.R.S.
18TH CENTURY Sotheby’s London, 22 December 1966.
清十八世紀 青白玉麒麟銜芝瓶擺件 來源：英國J.Norman Collie教授舊藏
購自於1966年12月22日 倫敦蘇富比拍賣
The beast is carved and pierced with an elaborate curling tail, standing
foursquare, supporting a vase upon its back and trailing a long leafy lingzhi
sprig in its mouth. The stone is of a pale even tone with a few minor pale
streaked inclusions to the reverse.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, carved wood stand
£15,000-25,000 $23,000-38,000
€21,000-34,000
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