THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A TURQUOISE MATRIX FIGURE OF A WOMAN HOLDING A SKEIN OF SILK
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A TURQUOISE MATRIX FIGURE OF A WOMAN HOLDING A SKEIN OF SILK
QING DYNASTY
The kneeling woman holding a twisted skein of silk while she looks at a basket of skeins by her raised knee, wearing flowing robes and a scarf billowed behind her shoulders, her finely incised hair tied with a ribbon at the nape of her neck and again in a double loop at the side of her head, the stone of attractive color with a fine network of darker markings
4¼in. (10.7cm.) high, wood stand, box
QING DYNASTY
The kneeling woman holding a twisted skein of silk while she looks at a basket of skeins by her raised knee, wearing flowing robes and a scarf billowed behind her shoulders, her finely incised hair tied with a ribbon at the nape of her neck and again in a double loop at the side of her head, the stone of attractive color with a fine network of darker markings
4¼in. (10.7cm.) high, wood stand, box
Provenance
Spencer-Churchill Collection
Literature
R. Soame Jenyns, Chinese Art III, New York, 1982, rev. ed., pl. 160