UNUSUAL 17/18C CHINESE MING QING DYNASTY WHITE HETIAN JADE WINGED QILIN DRAGON. Hi, thank you for having a look at my auctions. Provenance: This week at Joanies we are very excited to be offering this amazing and important Chinese Jade and Scholarly Stone collection. If you frequent my auctions you may remember we featured part of this amazing jade collection last year that brought some incredible interest. To start this fall season the family is allowing us to sell the remainder of this collection and what they believe to be the finest and most important choice examples. This sale features the important estate collection of A. Abraham was a highly respected Asian Arts dealer, appraiser, and collector in the 1950-70s period. Abraham owned the Imperial Jade Shop located in the famous King Edward Hotel in Toronto until his retirement in the year 1976, 39 years ago. Abraham kept some of his favorite and most cherished examples that are presently listed here. Abraham had a keen interest in Ming and Pre-Ming ancient Jades. The pieces in this collection have been in storage since the shop closed in 1976 and have not seen the light of day until now. I do wish everyone the very best of luck winning the auctions! This figure was noted in the collection as being a late Ming Dynasty example, which I believe to be a correct dating. On some later Ming to transitional period ceramics I have seen some winged qilin dragons like this but this is the first example I have seen in jade. I have had this figure inspected by our local gemologist we have worked with not upwards of ten years. They have confirmed this figure is carved of a choice hu of pure white hetain jade. This figure could use a light cleaning but is otherwise in fine original condition with no damage. This figure came from the estate with this nice hardwood stand that displays the figure nicely. The figure is a great display piece measuring 2 3/8 inches long, by 3/4 of an inch wide. The figure measures 1 3/4 inches tall without its stand, and 2 3/8 inches tall with its stand. This figure is a great and unique example and I believe something you may not see again for some time. BEST OF LUCK WITH THE AUCTIONS! All Canadian Residents will be charged HST Based on Address. We make great effort to honestly and accurately describe each item listed. Items are not returnable if it is not of the age or value you were hoping it to be, with No Exceptions. Many of the items listed are old antique pieces and in many cases over a hundred, or hundreds of years old. As a special Courtesy to our wonderful customers we are now offering Layaways. Small Sample of the 200+ Auctions listed this week! Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “UNUSUAL 17/18C CHINESE MING QING DYNASTY WHITE HETIAN JADE WINGED QILIN DRAGON” is in sale since Friday, September 18, 2015. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Vases”. The seller is “joanies_house_of_treasures” and is located in Barrie, Ontario. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Primary Material: Stone
- Region of Origin: China
- UPC: Does Not Apply
