Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 5
TWO SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY One depicting a boy riding upon the...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £5500
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Description
TWO SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY
One depicting a boy riding upon the back of a water buffalo, the other the si xi tong zi holding ruyi sceptres, 4.3cm. (2)
Provenance: Lt. Col. Edmund Whitehead (1870-1945), an interpreter for the British Army who served in Beijing c.1890, and thence by descent.