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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1173 A PALE GREYISH WHITE AND RUSSET
JADE FIGURE OF A BIRD
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Carved in a recumbent position with the head
curved back and a leaf clasped in the beak, the
details of the wing and tail feathers incised,
the stone of pale greyish white tone with dark
russet inclusions
5º in. (13.3 cm.) long
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
The Irving Collection, no. 329, by 1975.
清十九世紀 灰青玉雕瑞鳥啣葉把件

1173

1174 A PALE GREYISH GREEN JADE FIGURE OF
AN ELEPHANT AND BOY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

The elephant standing with head turned to the
side, its back draped with a blanket with fringed
ends and carved in low relief on both sides with
a design of two bats above rocks and foaming
waves, the boy sprawled atop its back holding a
long, slender goad with curved end, the stone with
some opaque buf mottling and brown mottling on
the reverse
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) long, softwood stand
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE
Baroness Marie-Louise von Callenberg Collection,
Switzerland, no. 144 (label).
Chait Galleries Ltd., New York, by 1980.
Florence and Herbert Irving, 1980.
The Irving Collection, no. 304.

清十九世紀 青白玉童子騎象擺件
1174

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