• Art d'Asie auction at Christies

    Sale 5598

    Art d'Asie

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    8 June 2010

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    • TORTUE EN JADE CELADON ET ROUI
    Lot 268

    TORTUE EN JADE CELADON ET ROUILLE ET CHIMERE EN JADE BLANC ET BRUN

    CHINE, XVIIEME ET XVIIIEME SIECLE

    Price realised

    EUR 11,250

    Estimate

    EUR 3,500 - EUR 4,500

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    TORTUE EN JADE CELADON ET ROUILLE ET CHIMERE EN JADE BLANC ET BRUN
    CHINE, XVIIEME ET XVIIIEME SIECLE
    La tortue représentée couchée, la tête tournée vers la droite ; le chimère figurée allongée, la tête sur ses pattes avant, le corps recouvert d'écailles, sa longue queue enroulée le long de son flanc, socle en bois
    Longueurs: 5,5 cm. (2 1/8 in.) et 7,6 cm. (3 in.) (2)

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    Post Lot Text

    A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TURTLE AND A WHITE AND BROWNISH JADE CARVING OF A CHIMERA
    CHINA, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY


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