A LARGE CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'DRAGON' FINIAL

£2,500 - £3,500

A LARGE CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'DRAGON' FINIAL
17TH CENTURY

Carved in relief with a single dragon rising from cloud scrolls, the interior hollowed as a cylinder, raised on a silk stand, with a paper label for 'Ashkenazie & Co Collection', 7.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from CG Knapton Ltd, 20th March 2017, a copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. Marchant, Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, 2005, p.31, no.22 for a related cloud and dragon finial.

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來源：英國私人收藏，2017年3月20日購於倫敦 CG Knapton Ltd（附發票複印件）。