Fine Chinese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 519
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PEAR-SHAPED VESSEL
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £28000
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Description
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PEAR-SHAPED VESSEL
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Raised on a splayed foot, decorated with bands of geometric patterns and archaistic scrolls, set with two loop handles to one side, one with a suspended loose ring, the stone of an even tone with minor white and russet inclusions, 15.8cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Brian Tisdall (1934-2008) and Christa Tisdall (1936-88) who lived in Hong Kong from the early 1960s until 1987. Their collection was mostly formed in Hong Kong in the 1970s, they were advised by James C Y Watt and Brian McElney. James C Y Watt is a well known expert in early Chinese jades; Brian McElney is a renowned collector and connoisseur who founded the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.