82. A CHINESE “WHITE” JADE VASE with a dragon climbing around the elongated bottle-shaped body, the cover carved with a key-pattern band and surmounted by a seated buddhistic lion with a bushy tail, Qianlong, 5.75” high.
Provenance: The Summer Palace.
Captain James Gunter of the Kings Dragoon Guards, who was in command of “G” Troop in China in 1860 and thence by descent.
£1,000-£2,000
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