CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, FIN DU XVIIIEME-DEBUT DU XIXEME SIECLE

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STATUETTE EN JADE CELADON
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, FIN DU XVIIIEME-DEBUT DU XIXEME SIECLE
Représentant l'un des animaux du Zodiaque à tête de bélier, figuré assis, vêtu d'une robe ample, tenant un rouleau dans les bras ; très petits éclats
Hauteur: 4,5 cm. (1¾ in.)

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A CELADON JADE ZODIAC FIGURE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Despite the importance of astrology in Chinese culture, representations of the twelve zodiac creatures are relatively rare, especially in jade. A complete set of twelve white jade astrological animals, each with a human body and animal head, bearing an attribute, was exhibited in New York, Chinese Jade through the Centuries, China House, 1969, Catalogue no. 75; and again in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Three Dynasties of Jade, Catalogue no. 28; and illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, pl. 183. Another set is in the Qing court collection, Beijing, and illustrated in Jadeware (III)- The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 111.

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