Fine Asian Art - 12th November 2024

Lot 7

A SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE MODEL OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £5040

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Description

A SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE MODEL OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL
QING DYNASTY

Well-carved in the round as a recumbent camel with its legs tucked neatly under its body and the rounded head with pricked-back ears, together with a wood stand carved with lingzhi and orchid leaves, 6.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of the 9th Marquis of Waterford, Henry Nicholas de la Poer (b.1958) of Curraghmore, County Waterford.

Cf. The National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession no. 00309 7N000000000 for a closely related camel dated to the Ming dynasty.

清 白玉卧駱駝把件
來源：愛爾蘭沃特福德克拉莫爾第九代沃特福德侯爵Henry Nicholas de la Poer (1958年生) 的收藏。