Dongxi Studio- Important Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings from a Distinguished Private Collection

Dongxi Studio – Important Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings from a Distinguished Private Collection comprises approximately 69 jade and hardstone carvings ranging from the Neolithic period to the late Qing dynasty, and also includes 15 lots of rare catalogues from the 1970s onwards, and rare reference books in both English and Chinese on Chinese art and paintings. The lots in the sale are offered by the Dongxi Studio, Belgian collectors who collected pieces ranging from ancient pottery and jades to modern and contemporary ink paintings.The collection’s wide variety of jade includes jade bi, cong, animal carvings, hinged pendants, figural pendants and sword fittings. The jade and hardstone carvings all have impeccable provenance and most were included in the catalogue by Nicole De Bisscop, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Brussels (1995) and in coinciding exhibitions in Brussels and Luxembourg.