The Property of a Lady
Three attractive small jade figural groups
18th century
Comprising: an unusual black and white group cleverly carved from a black-skinned cream jade pebble as a bear at one end attacking the lion head of a lion costume supported by two small boys, its tail also from the black skin, wood stand, fitted box, 6cm (2½in) wide; a fine flattened white jade pierced pebble depicting a man with a basket of lingzhi on a pine-trunk raft with an elderly sage rowing at the front, wood stand, 6.5cm (2 5/8in) wide; and a white jade group of a boy astride a wheeled hobby-horse, a spray of lingzhi across his shoulders, wood stand, 4.5cm (1¾in) high, two boxes.
(8).
Comprising: an unusual black and white group cleverly carved from a black-skinned cream jade pebble as a bear at one end attacking the lion head of a lion costume supported by two small boys, its tail also from the black skin, wood stand, fitted box, 6cm (2½in) wide; a fine flattened white jade pierced pebble depicting a man with a basket of lingzhi on a pine-trunk raft with an elderly sage rowing at the front, wood stand, 6.5cm (2 5/8in) wide; and a white jade group of a boy astride a wheeled hobby-horse, a spray of lingzhi across his shoulders, wood stand, 4.5cm (1¾in) high, two boxes.
(8).
Sold for
£26,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 十八世紀 玉雕人物擺件三件
Provenance: a Scottish private collection
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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