19TH CENTURY

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A THREE-SECTION JADEITE CHIME AND STAND
19TH CENTURY
The musical stone carved and pierced with archaistic dragons and phoenix surrounding a central shou character, suspended by chain links connected to a smaller plaque with prunus designs and further links connecting to a pierced clasp, on an elaborate carved wood stand with ruyi and scrollwork designs
29½ in. (75 cm.) high overall

来源

The 16th Earl of Perth and thence by descent.

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Sir Eric Drummond, The 16th Earl of Perth, was the first Secretary General of the League of Nations after World War I. Upon his retirement, various countries presented him with gifts, including the current lot, which is believed to have been given to him by the Chinese Government in the early 1930s.