Asian Art I - 20th May 2015

Lot 157

A CHINESE JADE PIG HAN DYNASTY Carved with a stylized elongated body

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A CHINESE JADE PIG

HAN DYNASTY

Carved with a stylized elongated body, its hooves extended before its snout, the stone pale celadon with grey striations, raised on a hardwood stand, 6.8cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Prof. Klaus J Mueller (1923-2010), acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1960s.