Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 209
TWO CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS 18TH/19TH CENTURY One depicting a monkey and her baby
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1400
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Description
TWO CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
One depicting a monkey and her baby, holding a fruiting peach spray and with lingzhi fungus, the stone with grey markings, the other an openwork plaque with three gourds amongst scrolling tendrils, a rat clambering above, 7.2cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly in a French private collection.