Asian Art Day One - 19th May 2010

Lot 195

A fine Chinese white jade carving

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £10000

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Description

A fine Chinese white jade carving, of a monkey clambering upon an enormous gourd which issues from a leafy stem and with a secondary smaller gourd and a small flying bug, 18th/19th century, together with a carved wood stand, 4.5cm. (2) Provenance: The collection of William Drummond of Fife, Scotland. (1893 - 1980).