PROVENANCE: Christies lonelon, 19 November, lot 200
EXHIBITED: The Jade Carving Art in The Ch'ing Dynasty, Taipei: National Museum of History, 1996, pp. 100-101
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A PAIR OF SAPPHIRE DUCK AND TURTLE CANDLE HOLDER
QIANLONG AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) |
Each of narrowed cylindrical section with the uppermot drip pan with conical ends intended for the placement of a candle above a duck with its beak slightly agape, its feathery wings wide spread, standing upon a turtle and a snake, all supported on a larger round drip pan encircled by a frieze of leiwen on the everted rim, all supported on three ruyi-shaped foot, the recessed base gilt with a four character reign mark. |
Estimate
200,000 - 320,000 781,000 - 1,250,000 25,800 - 412,000
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