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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WHITE JADE LUOHAN-FORM BEAD
18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Details
A WHITE JADE LUOHAN-FORM BEAD
18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
The figure is carved with bushy eyebrows and wide mustache, waering robes carved with intricate geometric pattern, and is pierced longitudinally. The stone is of even white tone.
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, wumu stand, Japanese wood box
18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
The figure is carved with bushy eyebrows and wide mustache, waering robes carved with intricate geometric pattern, and is pierced longitudinally. The stone is of even white tone.
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, wumu stand, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Yamanaka, Osaka & Co., 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Brought to you by
Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist