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AN ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET
JADE VASE, HU
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
The body carved in low relief with lappets, the neck
with a band of C-scrolls, flanked by a pair of beast-
head handles, the stone of pale green tone with
russet striations.
11.5cm (4 1/2in) high.

£2,500 - 3,500
CNY23,000 - 32,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

元/明 青玉雕仿古紋雙獸耳壺

Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London.
Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1684.

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011,
no.66.

來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
紐約佳士得，2011年3月24日，拍品編號1684

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2011年，編號66

See a related jade vase, with similar motifs but
without handles, Song dynasty, illustrated by
R.Keverne, Jade, London, 1995, p.125, fig.33,
also illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from
the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pp.394-
395, no.29:7. A related jade vase, Ming dynasty,
is illustrated by Zhang Guangwen, Mingdai Yuqi,
Beijing, 2006, pl.101; and another example of a
jade vase is also illustrated by Li Yumin, Through the
Prism of the Past: Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art
of the 16th to 18th Century, Taipei, 2003, no.III-25.
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See a related pale green jade flattened pear-shaped
archaistic vase, Yuan/Ming dynasty, which was sold
at Bonhams London, 15 May 2014, lot 126.

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A RARE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE
OPENWORK ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
Probably Yuan Dynasty
Intricately carved in openwork with a sinuous,
writhing dragon on a ground of whirling wispy
clouds, the stone of pale green tone with caramel-
brown highlights.
6cm (2 3/8in) long.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

或元 白玉帶皮鏤雕穿雲龍紋牌飾

Compare with a related white jade reticulated
dragon plaque, Yuan dynasty, illustrated in the
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade, vol.5, Beijing, 2011, pl.296.

See a related white jade openwork ‘dragon’ plaque,
Jin/Yuan dynasty, which was sold at Christie’s Hong
110 Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3548.

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