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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON AND YOUNG’ GROUP Provenance: Erwin Scharf (1904-1978), and thence by descent
Qianlong
Deftly carved and pierced as a large scaly dragon emerging from finely Erwin Scharf (1904-1978) emigrated from Germany to Britain in the
incised waves, a smaller dragon also emerging from the waves, gazing 1930s to escape Nazi persecution of the Jews. He graduated from the
up at the larger, all amidst swirling clouds and a flaming pearl, the university of Leipzig with a doctorate in law but never practiced, rather
stone of even pale green tone, wood stand. going into the family business of manufacturing sound reproducing
14cm (5 1/2in) wide. (2). components. His brother, Dr Alfred Scharf was an art historian and it
was he who encouraged Erwin’s interest in art.
£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 70,000 來源：Erwin Scharf（1904-1978）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今
清乾隆 青白玉雕蒼龍教子擺件 Erwin Scharf（1904-1978），二十世紀三十年代，為逃避納粹對猶太
人的迫害，自德國移民英國。 Erwin畢業於萊比錫大學並獲法學博士學
位，後加入製造聲音再現裝置的家族企業。其兄Alfred Scharf博士是一
名藝術史學家，激發了Erwin對藝術的興趣。

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