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A RARE OATMEAL JADE ‘CHILONG’ WATERPOT 明 玉雕螭龍紋硯滴
Ming Dynasty
Finely carved from an irregular pebble, with three sinuous chilong Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London (label)
crawling above clouds in high relief to the exterior, supported on four
cloud-shaped carved feet, the stone of oatmeal tone with russet 來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.（標籤）
inclusions, hongmu wood stand.
7cm (2 3/4 in) long. (2). The present lot is superbly carved in high relief with three sinuous
chilong clambering over the well-hollowed globular vessel. The
£6,000 - 8,000 dynamic movement of the dragons mirrors the swirling waves
CNY54,000 - 72,000 underneath, embracing the round form of the waterpot made for
the scholar’s desk. Compare two related pale green jade chilong
Please note this Lot is to be sold at waterpots, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 in the Palace Museum: Jade 6-7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, vol.6,
no.40, and vol.7, no.250.

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