Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 27th July 2021

Lot 62

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF THREE GEESE

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £5500

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Description

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF THREE GEESE

QIANLONG 1736-95

Formed as three geese grasping branches of lotus in their beaks, the birds finely incised with their wing feathers, the underside worked with swirling waves, with russet markings in the stone, 10.8cm.

Provenance: purchased from Marchant on 22nd January 2003.

Illustrated: Spink, Chinese Jade, 1998, p.42, no.73.