Asian Art II - 16th November 2022

Lot 775

A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE CELADON JADE DOVES

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £6000

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Description

A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE CELADON JADE DOVES

19TH CENTURY

Each carefully carved with neatly folded wings, rounded breasts, sharp talons, their heads turned quizically, with hardstone eyes, together with gold wire decorated hardwood stands, 18.5cm, 23cm overall. (4)

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent.