Sale 5092
Paris
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23 November 2004
Price realised
EUR 19,975
Estimate
BRULE-PARFUM EN JADE CELADON CHINE, FIN DE LA DYNASTIE MING, XVIIème SIECLE En forme de qilin, représentée debout, les muscles et le pelage finement incisés, les griffes acérées, la tête formant couvercle, l'air menaçant, gueule ouverte, sa corne unique proéminente sur le haut du crâne Hauteur: 20,5 cm. (8 1/16 in.)
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Post Lot Text
A CELADON JADE QILIN CENSER CHINA, LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife
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