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Male and Female Chi-dragons

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  • Glass

  • Flattened circular

  • Of flattened circular form carved through the ruby red glass to an opaque white ground to depict two coiled chilongs (one mail and one female) biting its tail. The shoulders with mask and ring handles.



Period

  • 1780 - 1820



Size

  • Height cm. 5.4
  • Mouth cm. 1.1
  • Lip cm. 1.4



Stopper

  • Jadeite with black collar



Provenance

  • Eric Young Collection - auction Sotheby's London - 24 Apr 1989 - Lot no. 47 (by repute)
  • Jade House - Hong Kong



Exhibited

  • Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011

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