Sale 2388
Hong Kong
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27 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 727,500
Estimate
A PAIR OF SPINACH GREEN AND WHITE JADE INLAID DRAGON SCREENS QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Carved in mirror image, each plaque inlaid in white jade on a spinach green jade ground of dense cloud scrolls with fierce five-clawed dragons, their writhing bodies emerging and disappearing amongst the swirling clouds, their faces with mouths agape and tongues protruding, all set within wood frames 11 x 6 in. (28 x 15.4 cm.), stands (2)
Provenance
Purchased in Hong Kong, circa 1985
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Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.126
Exhibited
Christie's New York, March 13-26, 2001 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
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