A fine Chinese celadon jade water pot Qianlong 1736-95
Estimate £10,000 - £20,000
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Description
A fine Chinese celadon jade water pot Qianlong 1736-95, crisply carved with an ovoid body around which three sinuous chilong dragons clamber, all raised upon breaking waves which issue from a central whorl, 10.2cm.
Provenance: formerly an English private collection.
For a related water pot raised on breaking waves and encircled by similar chilong dragons see the British Museum collections, 1961, 0731.1.
