A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FUNERARY GROUP - photo 1

A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FUNERARY GROUP

Starting price
HKD 240 000
Auction dateClassic
30.11.2023 11:15UTC +08:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1076163
Lot 2953 | A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FUNERARY GROUP
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FUNERARY GROUP

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND-1ST CENTURY BC

Cicada 2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) long; longest plug 2 ¾ in. (7.1 cm.), fitted box





Provenance

B. K. Wong, Hong Kong, 15 February 1995

The Dongxi Studio Collection



Literature

Nicole De Bisscop, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Brussels, 1995, p. 77, no. 38

Filippo Salviati, "The Dongxi Collection of Chinese Jades", Orientations, November 1995, p. 50, fig. 13



Exhibited

Kredietbank Gallery, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Brussels, 25 October - 17 December 1995; Kredietbank Luxembourg, 1 February - 13 April 1996, no. 38



Sale room notice

Please note the Chinese description for this lot has been updated.
Medium:Jade, Precious stones
Historical era:Han dynasty
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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