AN ARCHAISTIC JADE FINIAL, QING DYNASTY
AN ARCHAISTIC JADE FINIAL, QING DYNASTYEstimate $1,200 – $1,600
- Lot Sold $4,000 (Hammer Price)
- $4,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
of slender tapering form, carved with hooked terminal in the form of a dragon's head and with raised bands either side of a central cylindrical section with incised spirals, pierced with two apertures
17.5CM
CONDITION
Some frits to edges and on the snout and the horns, a roughened opaque area in the stone on the crest, an abrasion on the upper raised band
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