FINE CHINESE WHITE JADE RETICULATED SILVER MOUNTED BROOCH,Qing Dynasty.- 2 1/4 in. x 1 5/8 in. Estimate $800-1,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.