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AN ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET
JADE POURING VESSEL, YI
Ming Dynasty
The vessel with a rounded body of oval section
over an oval foot, rising to an everted rim extending
at one end for pouring, the opposite end set with
a scrolling loop handle, the exterior sides each
carved with a central band of ‘C’-scroll designs, the
pale green stone flecked with brown and cloudy
inclusions. 12cm (4 6/8in) wide.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明 青白玉仿古匜

Compare with a very similar pale green jade pouring
vessel, yi, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, with a stand
inscribed with a Qianlong Imperial poem, in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, of related form
and similar archaistic decoration, illustrated by Huei-
Chung Tsao, Jade: From Emperors to Art Deco,
Paris, 2016, no.152.

127
A PALE GREEN JADE ‘MAGNOLIA’ BRUSH
WASHER
Ming Dynasty
126 Deftly carved in openwork with gnarled leafy and
flowering branches encircling the body and forming
the handle and base, the interior of the flower head
carved to simulate overlapping petals, the stone with
areas of creamy and mushroom coloured inclusions.
12.5cm (4 7/8in) long.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明 青白玉雕玉蘭式洗

Compare with a related pale green and russet jade
‘Magnolia’ cup, Ming dynasty, illustrated in the
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade 7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.200. See
also a pale green and russet jade magnolia brush
washer, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams
London, 10 November 2016, lot 51.

128
A RARE PALE GREEN JADE ‘MYTHICAL
BEAST’ WATERPOT
Ming Dynasty
Finely carved as a gongfu, known as one of the
dragon’s nine sons, carved in crouching position
with ears and horns flicking back as though
preparing to pounce on its prey, rendered with an
elongated torso flanked by a flame-like tendrils,
terminating in a bifurcated tail with curling ends, the
interior well hollowed, the stone of pale green tone.
12cm (4 6/8in) wide.
£8,000 - 12,000
127 CNY72,000 - 110,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明 青白玉雕蚣蝮硯滴
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