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A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN This unusual and comprehensive collection of Chinese sampans,
sail boats and rafts is exceptionally diverse in the materials from
PRIVATE COLLECTION OF which these are made, demonstrating the breadth of prized
JADE AND HARDSTONE BOATS materials available for carving and admired by connoisseurs
throughout the mid to late Qing dynasty. These include jade,
顯貴歐洲私人珍藏玉石寶船 jadeite, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, agate, soapstone, rose quartz,
aventurine glass, serpentine and bowenite. In its entirety the
collection numbers over sixty maritime-subject carvings, each
Lots 177 - 199 specially chosen and collected.
This unique collection was formed by the grandparents of the
present owner, who collected Chinese furniture, jade carvings
and porcelain, acquired mostly from the 1930s to the 1950s,
from leading London and Paris dealers including in London
John Sparks and Sydney L. Moss, and in Paris L.Wannieck,
Pierre Saqué, C.T. Loo, Michon and Compagnie de la Chine et
des Indes. The family sold part of the collection with Bonhams
in our New Bond St, London Rooms on 17 May 2012, lots 1-20,
