Lot 1425. A small celadon jade 'Chilong' cup, 17th century. Width 3 1/8 in., 8 cm. Estimate: 3,000-5,000 USD. Sold Price: 3,750 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
carved in openwork with three chilong clambering on the sides, each detailed with a curling furcated tail, the stone of a grayish celadon color with cloudy-white inclusions.
Provenance: Collection of Roman Vishniac (1897-1990).
E & J Frankel, New York, 9th April 2007.
Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 15 Sep 2018