A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADE AND HARDSTONE VESSELS

QING DYNASTY

Variously formed as incense burners, vases, bowls and water pots, together with an agate snuff bottle, two table screens, one formed as a scroll and carved in relief with Shoulao, and a large carving of a qin, the stones in celadon, spinach-green, grey and cream, nine mounted on stands and with seven separate wood stands, 24.5cm max. (47)

Provenance: from the collection of Robert Frederick Hathaway (d.1991) of Cape Town, South Africa, collected 1970s-1990.