Asian Art I - 21 May 2014

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A Chinese celadon jade rhyton

晚明(可能) 青白玉雕螭龍象首觥

£3,000 - £4,000 £16,000

A Chinese celadon jade rhyton, gong, probably late Ming dynasty, in the form of an elephant head, its trunk and tusks forming the base, with a chilong climbing to one side, a band of archaistic designs to the centre, 8.2cm.

Cf. J Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, p.396, pl.29:8, where a comparable rhyton is illustrated.

晚明(可能) 青白玉雕螭龍象首觥

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