A CELADON JADE ARCHAIC-STYLE TURTLE QING DYNASTY 19TH CENTUR...

A CELADON JADE ARCHAIC-STYLE TURTLE QING DYNASTY 19TH CENTURY 青白玉龟 清 十九世纪 the flattened figure probably made as a clothing ornament or badge of office, with incised eyes 5.5cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Michael Lee, September 1994 NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: C.A.S. Williams, ‘Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs’, New York, 1976, p.404 Jessica Rawson, ‘Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing’, London, 1995, p.30 Roger Keverne, ‘Jade’, London, 1991, p.83 S. Marchant & Son, ‘Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections’, London, 2000 Plate XXV, 14

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