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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

1111 A RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE “BRIDGE SCENE”
BRUSH REST AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE BASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Intricately carved with a scene of fgures crossing a bridge between the
leafy branches of trees on the sides, with two fshermen in a sampan below,
the stone of even white tone with a few minor, snowy inclusions, the river
and rocky banks carved from a separate stone of spinach-green color
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) long
$80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE
Sir Anthony Stainton (1913-1988), KCB, QC, Collection, London.
The Hartman Galleries, Inc., Palm Beach, 1986.
The Irving Collection, no. 447.
清十八/十九世紀 白玉及青玉雕人物過橋擺件

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