Asian Art I - 20th May 2015

Lot 189

NINE SMALL CHINESE JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY One carved as a butterfly

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £4000

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Description

NINE SMALL CHINESE JADE CARVINGS

QING DYNASTY

One carved as a butterfly, another as two monkeys, another as Liu Hai with a three-legged toad, the others of animals and figures, 8.5cm. (9)

Provenance: from the collection of Robert Frederick Hathaway (d.1991) of Cape Town, South Africa, collected 1970s-1990.