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Lot n° 22

CHINE - Epoque QIANLONG (1736 - 1795)

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Celadon nephrite fibula with carved and detached decoration of a chilong, the hook in the shape of a dragon head. L.: 10,5 cm. Provenance of lots 20, 21 and 22 : Collection of Joseph Buisson, Engineer of the Mines of Saint Etienne, acquired during a study trip to China in the 1920s. Joseph Buisson participated in a scientific expedition led by the State to survey the possibilities of concession and exploitation of deposits in China and Japan. In the 1930s, he then managed the coal mining concession in Zongouldak, Turkey.