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A PALE CELADON JADE ELEPHANT PROPERTY OF A GERMAN COLLECTOR
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY A PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN
the recumbent animal carved in the round with its legs QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
neatly tucked beneath the body and its trunk curled up,
the forehead and sides with thick wrinkles, the stone an carved on both sides with three horses resting and grazing in a
mountainous landscape, with a waterfall and pine trees amidst
even pale celadon colour
Length 7.2 cm, 2⅞ in. craggy rocks, the stone an even celadon colour, wood stand
(2)
Height 14.5 cm, 5¾ in.
‡ £ 12,000-15,000
£ 6,000-8,000
清十八世紀 青白玉瑞象
清十八/十九世紀
青白玉山間駿馬圖山子
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168 A BROWN AND CELADON JADE ‘THREE RAMS’
A WELL CARVED SMALL WHITE JADE GROUP
BUFFALO QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
well carved in the form of a recumbent ram with two young
resting with legs tucked under, head turned to the beside, each detailed with almond-shaped eyes, funnel-shaped
right, with curved horns flanking a tuft of hair, the tail ears and a pair of striated horns, the larger animal with its
sweeping over its haunches, the stone an even tone head turned gently backwards, the brown part of the stone
polished to a soft glow skilfully incorporated depicting the third ram and the streams
Length 7.6 cm, 3 in. of vaporous clouds around a yinyang roundel
Length 9.3 cm, 3⅝ in.
‡ £ 20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
清十八世紀 白玉臥牛 168 Christie’s New York, 19th September 1996, lot 118 (part lot).
‡ £ 25,000-35,000
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清十八世紀
褐斑青白玉三羊開泰擺件

來源
紐約佳士得1996年9月8日，編號118（其一）

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