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○ 26        AN ARCHAISTIC BEIGE-                                                                                                    ○ 28       AN ARCHAISTIC PALE                          清十九世紀   青白玉雕雙龍戲珠
                CELADON JADE VASE
                                                                                                                                                   CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ VASE
                                                                                                                                                                                               仿古饕餮紋瓶
                QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY                                                                                                         QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
                                                                                                                                                                                               來源
                of pear shape and oval section, resting on a tall spreading foot                                                                   of flattened baluster form set over a waisted and stepped foot,   Walter N. Rothschild 夫人 (1896-1987) 收藏
                with the voluminous lower body tapering at the neck and then                                                                       the body carved in low relief with abstracted taotie masks, the   1963年贈予布魯克林博物館,布魯克林 (館藏
                expanding slightly at the mouth, the body wrapped in a wide                                                                        neck encircled by upright cicada lappets beneath a keyfret   編號63.6.55)
                band of archaistic taotie against a leiwen ground, the neck                                                                        band at the rim, a further keyfret band encircling the foot, one
                encircled by raised filets and three rows of bosses below a                                                                        narrow side of the vase with a lively chilong carved in the round
                band of upright lappets, the bases of the lappets terminating                                                                      and clambering up the neck and peering over the mouth, at the
                in stylized kuilong heads, the foot carved in low relief with                                                                      opposite side a second openwork chilong climbing from the foot
                confronting kuilong, the stone a pale grayish-beige celadon                                                                        of the vessel towards a three-dimensional ‘Flaming Pearl’ floating
                                                                                                                                                   on a cloud above, the pale translucent green stone with faint icy
                Height 7 in., 17.8 cm                                                                                                              and beige inclusions
                                                                                                                                                   Height 8¼ in., 21.2 cm
                PROVENANCE
                Collection of Dr. Martin E. Frankel.
                Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1979 (acc. no.                                                                         PROVENANCE
                79.257.3).                                                                                                                         Collection of Mrs. Walter N. Rothschild (1896-1987).
                                                                                                                                                   Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1963 (acc. no.
                $ 4,000-6,000                                                                                                                      63.6.55).
                                                                                                                                                   $ 20,000-30,000
                清十九世紀   青玉雕仿古饕餮紋觶
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                來源
                Martin E. Frankel 收藏
                1979年贈予布魯克林博物館,布魯克林 (館藏編號79.257.3)
                                                         ○ 27        AN ARCHAISTIC CELADON

                                                                     JADE GU-FORM VASE
                                                                     20TH CENTURY
                                                                     of quadrilobed section, the central bulb carved with taotie masks
                                                                     and set between a splayed base and flaring trumpet mouth both
                                                                     patterned with stylized cicada lappets, each side of the vase
                                                                     bisected by a central vertical flange, the narrow sides of the neck
                                                                     set with a pair of beast-mask-handles suspending loose rings,
                                                                     the stone an even pale green tone with a few scattered russet or
                                                                     icy patches
                                                                     Height 8⅞ in., 22.8 cm

                                                                     PROVENANCE
                                                                     Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Leipner.
                                                                     Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1978 (acc. no.
                                                                     78.201.3).
                                                                     EXHIBITED
                                                                     Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1980-88.
                                                                     $ 3,000-5,000


                                                                     二十世紀   青玉雕仿古饕餮紋獸耳活環出
                                                                     戟海棠式花觚
                                                                     來源
                                                                     James Leipner 伉儷收藏
                                                                     1978年贈予布魯克林博物館,布魯克林 (館藏編號78.201.3)
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                                                                     布魯克林博物館,布魯克林,1980至1988年

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