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A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A SAMPAN 十八/十九世紀 灰白玉雕船形擺件
ABOVE WAVES
18th/19th century Provenance:
Elaborately worked in the form of a sampan fitted with an awning at A distinguished European private collection, acquired by the
the stern enclosing a boatman propelling the boat, next to a shelter grandparents of the present owner and thence by descent
lined with meticulously pierced lattice windows surmounted by two
seated figures, a recumbent dog and equipment including a sail 來源:
and ropes, a further boatman working at the bow with a coiled rope 顯赫歐洲私人收藏,由現藏家祖父母獲得並由其家族繼承
behind him, riding across finely incised crested waves to the back and
on the underside, the stone of even white tone, wood stand.
23.5cm (9 1/4in) long (2).
HK$200,000 - 300,000
US$25,000 - 38,000
(detail)