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A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG' PENDANTQING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Length 1 5/8 in., 4.4 cm
the oval circular disc carved to one side with a coiled sinuous chilong in low relief, the other side with a bi disc pressed against the chilong's body and patterned with spiral bosses, the stone a bright translucent white with a faint russet inclusion along the edges
Provenance
Rare Art, Inc., New York, 14th August 1975.
Literature
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 69.