Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 91
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A FINGER CITRON QING DYNASTY With curved fingers and...
Estimate £15,000 - £20,000
+ Buyers Premium
Description
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A FINGER CITRON
QING DYNASTY
With curved fingers and leaves issuing from the stem, the stone flecked with russet inclusions,14cm.
Provenance: purchased from Fukien Exhibition Company, Singapore, 12th August 1969 for S
900.
Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 42, Jadeware III, 64 no.52 for a yellow jade example, see also R Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, pp.106-107 and J M Hartman, Chinese Jade of Five Centuries, pp.52-3, pl.7 for other jade carvings of finger citrons.