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Lot 252
A FINE CARVED JADE RITUAL AXE
Estimated Value:
1.500 € - 2.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, Qianlong period or earlierH. 13,8 cm
Gray-green-black jade, fine decoration of birds, chilong and abstracted taotie. Beautiful patina.
Important Austrian private collection, acquired in the 1980s
Publ. Zeileis, "Selected Chinese Jades from Seven Millennia," 1994, no. 293, p. 364
Very slightly chipped
