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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
THREE MINIATURE CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
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THREE MINIATURE CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The group comprises a carved yellow soapstone model of a boat, an openwork white jade bead, and a green and brown jade cicada.
The largest 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) long, one fitted cloth box, one cloth box
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The group comprises a carved yellow soapstone model of a boat, an openwork white jade bead, and a green and brown jade cicada.
The largest 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) long, one fitted cloth box, one cloth box
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
Pasadena, Pacificulture-Asia Museum, 13 June–15 August 1976.
Boat and openwork bead: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Boat and openwork bead: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
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Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist