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Auction archive: Lot number 257

A LARGE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A QILIN

Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$66,376 - US$99,565
Price realised:
£151,250
ca. US$250,987
Auction archive: Lot number 257

A LARGE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A QILIN

Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$66,376 - US$99,565
Price realised:
£151,250
ca. US$250,987
Beschreibung:

A LARGE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A QILIN
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
A LARGE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A QILIN EARLY 18TH CENTURY The recumbent mythical beast carved with its head turning over its shoulder towards its back, detailed with protruding eyes, broad nose, its mouth exhaling smoke twirling in spirals with emerging ruyi -head clouds on which rests a bundle of books tied with a ribbon, its horns also tied with a small ribbon, the celadon stone with minor snowy and russet inclusions 7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 257
Auction:
Datum:
3 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
3 November 2009, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A LARGE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A QILIN
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
A LARGE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A QILIN EARLY 18TH CENTURY The recumbent mythical beast carved with its head turning over its shoulder towards its back, detailed with protruding eyes, broad nose, its mouth exhaling smoke twirling in spirals with emerging ruyi -head clouds on which rests a bundle of books tied with a ribbon, its horns also tied with a small ribbon, the celadon stone with minor snowy and russet inclusions 7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 257
Auction:
Datum:
3 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
3 November 2009, London, King Street
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