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Chinese Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Florence and Herbert Irving Gift

10 September 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York

SALE TOTAL

8,274,875USD
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  • A FINELY CARVED LARGE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'IMMORTALS' BRUSHPOT

    QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

    LOT SOLD. 375,000 USD

  • A 'CHICKEN BONE' AND BLACK JADE 'LAOZI' INSCRIBED BOULDER

    QING DYNASTY

    LOT SOLD. 125,000 USD

  • A YELLOWISH BEIGE JADE 'LANDSCAPE' BOULDER

    QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

    LOT SOLD. 75,000 USD

    A GREEN JADE 'LANDSCAPE' BOULDER

    QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

    LOT SOLD. 81,250 USD

  • A MASSIVE INSCRIBED SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' WASHER

    QING DYNASTY

    LOT SOLD. 1,340,000 USD

  • A RARE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'QUAIL AND MILLET' BOULDER

    QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG / QIANLONG PERIOD

    LOT SOLD. 800,000 USD

  • A CARVED AND PIERCED BAMBOO 'MEIREN' BRUSHPOT

    LATE MING DYNASTY

    LOT SOLD. 37,500 USD

  • A RARE GILT-BRONZE 'TIGER' ZODIAC FIGURE

    TANG DYNASTY

    LOT SOLD. 56,250 USD

  • A CELADON JADE 'LUOHAN' INSCRIBED BOULDER

    QING DYNASTY

    LOT SOLD. 740,000 USD

  • A BOXWOOD AND NANMU TWO-TIER STAND

    QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

    LOT SOLD. 5,250 USD

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Sale Number: N10112 Lots : 127

SALE TOTAL

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Exceptional Chinese Scholar’s Objects from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gifted by philanthropists and Asian art collectors Florence and Herbert Irving to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, over 300 lots of Chinese works of art will be offered this September to benefit the museum’s acquisition fund. More than 120 exquisite Imperial Qianlong period jades, brushpots, paintings and objects for the scholar’s studio will feature in the dedicated single-owner sale, including a finely carved, spinach-green jade brushpot, formerly in the Fonthill House Collection.

 

Exceptional Chinese Scholar’s Objects from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Chinese Works of Art
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