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Auction archive: Lot number 51

A large Chinese green aventurine flattened baluster vase and cover

Auction 09.12.1999
9 Dec 1999
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$645 - US$968
Price realised:
£483
ca. US$779
Auction archive: Lot number 51

A large Chinese green aventurine flattened baluster vase and cover

Auction 09.12.1999
9 Dec 1999
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$645 - US$968
Price realised:
£483
ca. US$779
Beschreibung:

A large Chinese green aventurine flattened baluster vase and cover with lion finial and elephant head handles, carved with stylised taotie below leaves -- 15in. (39.2cms); two green quartz plaques carved with Immortals among trees and rockwork -- 12in. (31cms) high; a green quartz vase and cover with birds and flowers above rockwork -- 6in. (17.2cms) high; a pale green quartz vase carved in relief with three birds above a lion among rockwork -- 4in. (12.1cms) high; a hardstone flattened vase and cover with elephant head handles carved with taotie -- 8in. (20.3cms) high; a chalcedonny model of a mandarin duck -- 5in. (14cms) long; a smokey crystal vase and cover carved with dragon handles above clouds -- 8in. (20.3cms) high; a jadeite rectangular plain plaque and stand -- 5in. (13.3cms) high; a small green glass model of a fish; and a large mottled soapstone tripod censer and pierced cover with lion head handles -- 16in. (40.5cms) high, wood stands, early 20th Century. (10)

Auction archive: Lot number 51
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A large Chinese green aventurine flattened baluster vase and cover with lion finial and elephant head handles, carved with stylised taotie below leaves -- 15in. (39.2cms); two green quartz plaques carved with Immortals among trees and rockwork -- 12in. (31cms) high; a green quartz vase and cover with birds and flowers above rockwork -- 6in. (17.2cms) high; a pale green quartz vase carved in relief with three birds above a lion among rockwork -- 4in. (12.1cms) high; a hardstone flattened vase and cover with elephant head handles carved with taotie -- 8in. (20.3cms) high; a chalcedonny model of a mandarin duck -- 5in. (14cms) long; a smokey crystal vase and cover carved with dragon handles above clouds -- 8in. (20.3cms) high; a jadeite rectangular plain plaque and stand -- 5in. (13.3cms) high; a small green glass model of a fish; and a large mottled soapstone tripod censer and pierced cover with lion head handles -- 16in. (40.5cms) high, wood stands, early 20th Century. (10)

Auction archive: Lot number 51
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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