A Chinese Carved Jadeite Boulder of Guanyin and Attendants. 6-1/2 x 5 x 2-3/4 inches (16.5 x 12.7 x 7.0 cm). ...

Description

A Chinese Carved Jadeite Boulder of Guanyin and Attendants
6-1/2 x 5 x 2-3/4 inches (16.5 x 12.7 x 7.0 cm)

PROVENANCE:
The collection of Prince Michel Cantacuzène, Count Spéransky (1913-2000)

Prince Michel Cantacuzene, Count Speransky was born in what is now Ukraine near Poltava on a family estate called Bouromka. The son of Prince Serge Cantacuzene and his wife Marie (nee Okolyszani) his family fled the Russian revolution and he was raised in Paris and London. Married first to Barbara Hanbury-Williams, he later moved to South Africa and married Pamela Grace Jeppe.

Carved in high relief of Guanyin and her two attendants in a rocky mountain landscape, with bamboo and lotus bud, the stone displaying beautiful red, green, and light lavender colors of the jadeite.



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