PAIR OF PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS OF GARUDA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
£2,500
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清 青白玉雕人形迦樓羅吊墜(一對)
finely rendered as a mirrored-image mythical creature garuda, each carved as a courtly human figure hybrid from waist down with large clawed-legs, holding a lingzhi sprig pointing downward with one hand, the other a belt across his body, wearing court hat, flanked with wings issuing from the back, incised with feathery details
Dimensions
6cm high each
Footnote
Provenance: private French collection