VASE EN JADE JAUNE SCULPTE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE

Details

VASE EN JADE JAUNE SCULPTE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
En forme de carpe à tête de dragon jaillissant des flots, la gueule formant vase, un poisson plus petit figuré à son côté ; petits chocs
Hauteur: 13,3 cm. (5¼ in.)

Provenance

Sotheby's New York.

Further details

A CARVED YELLOW JADE 'DRAGON-FISH' VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

This jade illustrates the traditional tale of the carp swimming against the tide and jumping over the gate to be transformed into a dragon which was a popular imagery augmenting the desire for success and officialdom. See a jade 'dragon-carp' vase from Qianlong period sold in our London Rooms, 12 May 2009, lot 108.

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