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A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A SAIL
BOAT WITH FIGURES
19th century
Carved at full sail and with flags blowing in the wind,
two oarsmen on either side row the boat, their oars
dipping into the finely carved waves, another figure
holds a fish ready to put in the basket, one figure
hoists the sails while another holds a flag at the bow,
the stone of light green-celadon tone with some
cloudy inclusions.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) wide.

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY54,000 - 71,000

十九世紀 青白玉揚帆漁舟擺件

Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection, acquired by the grandparents of the
present owner and thence by descent

來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏，由現藏家祖父母蒐藏，
並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a jade carving of a boat, late Qing
dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York,
17 March 2009, lot 44.

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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A SAIL BOAT
WITH THREE FIGURES
Late Qing Dynasty
Of flattened form with two masts, two smiling
figures hoist a sail each, the larger figure at the prow
steering the vessel with an oar, the sides incised
with waves, the stone of even pale-white tone,
wood stand.
13.8cm (5 3/8in) wide. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

清末 白玉揚帆寶船擺件

Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection, acquired by the grandparents of the
present owner and thence by descent

來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏，由現藏家祖父母蒐藏，
並由後人保存迄今

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