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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE
COLLECTION, LOTS 525-527.
525
A LARGE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ELEPHANT
GROUP
Qing Dynasty
Carved with three small boys clambering about the elephant,
washing and scrubbing its hide, the body of the elephant incised
to simulate deep folds in the hide, the pale green stone with russet
inclusions. 15.2cm (6in) long.
526
£6,000 - 8,000
HK$59,000 - 78,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000
Provenance 527
Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd. - Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair 3 - 13 A PALE GREEN AND MUSHROOM COLOURED JADE ‘LIU HAI’
June 1999, catalogue no. 24. GROUP
Qing Dynasty
526 Finely carved with Liu Hai standing upon a large double gourd tied
A GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ELEPHANT GROUP with a ribbon, holding a string of cash around his shoulders, a large
three-legged toad clambering at the base of the double gourd.
Qing Dynasty 15.2cm (6in) high.
The elephant standing with its head turned to the right, a small boy
clambering on its back, deeply incised around the shoulders and
body to simulate the folds of the hide, the stone with russet veining £3,000 - 5,000
and inclusions. 8.5cm (3.3/8in) long. HK$29,000 - 49,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 29,000 Provenance
CNY18,000 - 27,000 Knapton Rasti Asian Art

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