Lot 50
  • 50

ROCHER EN JADE CÉLADON DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIE SIÈCLE |

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
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Description

  • ca. 20 cm without stand
habilement sculpté des deux côtés d'un luohan dans une grotte sous un pin noueux au centre d'une montagne, assis en méditation, la tête tournée vers la gauche, tenant un joyau dans sa main droite, l'arrière puissamment sculpté de roches escarpées plantées d'un grand pin, socle en bois (2)

Provenance

Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris (according to label).
Adela Ocampo de Heimendal (1845-1931), Paris and Buenos Aires.
Madeleine Ocampo de Casares-Lumb, Buenos Aires.
Alberto Casares Ocampo (1928-1998), Buenos Aires.
Thence in the family by descent.

Condition

A section of the rock with a censer on top has been broken off and re-stuck. There are some nicks to the extremities, and natural inclusions. The actual colour of the boulder is of a slightly more celadon tone than the catalogue illustration.
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