Live Auction 19770From Beijing to Versailles, the V.W.S. collection
CHAMEAU EN JADE JAUNE
Lot 533 PROPERTY FROM THE V.W.S. COLLECTION

CHAMEAU EN JADE JAUNE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Closed14 December 2022

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EUR 655,200

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CHAMEAU EN JADE JAUNE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Il est représenté couché sur son flanc, enroulé sur lui-même, la crinière et le pelage sont finement rendus par le ciselage.
Longueur : 10 cm. (4 in.), socle en hongmu

Acquired by the father of V.W.S. (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s.
The V.W.S. (1918-1974) Collection.

Specialist note

A similar yellow jade carving of a coiled camel dated from the Qing dynasty is preserved in the Palace Museum in Beijing and is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware III, vol. 42, cat. 92, p. 112. Earlier exemples of the jade carvings of the same shape are known, such as a yellow and beige jade camel dated from the Tang dynasty sold at Sotheby's New York, 10 September 2019, lot 205.