PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE GERARD ARNHOLD (1918-2010)
A WHITE JADE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' GROUP

18TH-19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 12,500
Estimate
GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000
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A WHITE JADE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' GROUP

18TH-19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 12,500
Price Realised GBP 12,500
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The group is finely carved as a recumbent beast beside its young. The animals are depicted with incised manes and long tails and ferocious, leonine faces. The stone is of a pale tone with some russet inclusions.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) long


Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London, August 1991
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010)
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