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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE DRAGON BOAT
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE DRAGON BOAT
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Finely carved and pierced as large barge with a dragon-headed prow and a scroll-form stern, powered by twelve oarsmen intricately detailed along the sides and a boathand holding a long pole to steer the boat, the stern with racks of weapons and two large banners draped over the sides of the boat, the pagoda-like construction of the hull adorned with ceremonial canopies, banners and flags
6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm.) wide
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Finely carved and pierced as large barge with a dragon-headed prow and a scroll-form stern, powered by twelve oarsmen intricately detailed along the sides and a boathand holding a long pole to steer the boat, the stern with racks of weapons and two large banners draped over the sides of the boat, the pagoda-like construction of the hull adorned with ceremonial canopies, banners and flags
6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sir Bernard Eckstein Bt (1894-1948), Fairwarp, Sussex, Collection no. A676 (according to label)
Miss PFV Maynard Collection, previously sold at Christie's London, 3 November 1969, lot 155
Spink & Son, London, 1972
Miss PFV Maynard Collection, previously sold at Christie's London, 3 November 1969, lot 155
Spink & Son, London, 1972
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