Asian Art I - 18 May 2011

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A good Chinese celadon jade carving of two pomegranates 17th/18th century

£12,000 - £15,000 £11,000

A good Chinese celadon jade carving of two pomegranates 17th/18th century, issuing from a leafy stem that also bears two flowers, the fruit are split to reveal seeds, the stone with russet markings, 7cm. Split pomegranates represent the rebus Liukai baizi (Pomegranate revealing is one hundred sons). A related group is illustrated in De Bisscop, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, no.59, p. 102.

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