Asian Art I - 13th November 2013
Lot 90
A Chinese celadon jade carving of two peaches 18th century
Estimate £20,000 - £30,000
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Description
A Chinese celadon jade carving of two peaches 18th century, the fruits issuing from a leafy gnarled openwork branch, with three bats clambering upon the fruit with outspread wings, the stone with pale celadon and russet striations, 10.2cm.
Cf. Y Ip, Chinese Jade Carving, no.195, pp.216-17, and also A Forsyth and B McElney, Jades From China, no.328, p.398.
十八世紀 青白玉雕福壽擺件