JL2
£58,500
Description
Chinese white jade carving of a mythical seahorse, haima, superbly carved with the horse holding a ribbon-tied bundle of scrolls over its back above crested waves swirling on the underside, with detailed hairwork to its mane.
3 ¼ inches, 8.3 cm high.
Qianlong, 1736-1795.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Sotheby’s London in their auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades, Works of Art and Archaic Bronzes, 13th November 1972, lot 14.
- William Clayton Ltd., Bury Street, St. James’s, 3rd January 1973.
- From an English private collection.
- Sold by Christie’s London in their auction of A Private English Collection of White Jade Carvings, 4th November 2008, lot 14, purchased by Marchant.
- Included by Marchant, London, in their exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, 2009, no. 58.
- A larger example in the Qing Court collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), no. 90, p. 110; another from the collection of Alan and Simone Hartman was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Ninety Jades for 90 Years, 2015, no. 57, pp. 108/9.
Condition
Fine Condition
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