Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 199
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE SPOON MODELLED AS A BOAT MING DYNASTY The exterior carved with...
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2400
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Description
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE SPOON MODELLED AS A BOAT
MING DYNASTY
The exterior carved with swirling and crashing waves, the interior with a six character mark which reads ...feng tou nong lian, a fitted hardwood stand, 15.8cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly in a private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1950s.
Cf. X G Sheng, Appreciation and Examination of Chinese Jade, p.311, no.608, for a related example shaped as a lotus petal.