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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF SHOULAO
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF SHOULAO
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The stone is carved in the round as a figure of Shoulao with hands clasped beneath draped sleeves pierced to hold an attribute. The sleeves are finely incised with cloud-scroll motifs. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with some russet and white inclusions.
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high, box
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The stone is carved in the round as a figure of Shoulao with hands clasped beneath draped sleeves pierced to hold an attribute. The sleeves are finely incised with cloud-scroll motifs. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with some russet and white inclusions.
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Collection of Cyrus and Mildred Churchill, Concordia House, Illinois
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, The Concordia House Collection: Fine Chinese Jades and Important Works of Art from a Midwestern Family, 19 March 2007, lot 22
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, The Concordia House Collection: Fine Chinese Jades and Important Works of Art from a Midwestern Family, 19 March 2007, lot 22
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