ORNEMENT DE COIFFURE EN JADE BLANC, CHINE, DYNASTIE MING (1368-1644)

ORNEMENT DE COIFFURE EN JADE BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING (1368-1644)
De forme polylobée, il est à décor ajouré et orné de deux chilong aux corps sinueux confrontés de part et d'autre d'un lingzhi, le tout sur fond de rinceaux et volutes finement sculptés.
Largeur: 11 cm. (4 ¼ in.)

Pre-Lot Text
From October 1910 to May 2011, the grands-parents of the present owner, descending from a wealthy family of French bankers made a long journey from Paris to Moscow. They visited several countries on the way: India, Burma, Japan and China where comparatively very few Westerners travelled at the time. In all of these countries, they took fascinating photographs and purchased works of art along the way. The grand-mother of the present owner documented all of her visits, discoveries and purchases in her journal: a very interesting and amusing testimony of what a long journey was like at the dawn of the 20th century.
PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOT 1-10)
Post Lot Text
A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG AND LINGZHI' HAIR ORNAMENT
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)