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A FINE WHITE JADE ‘DOUBLE-GOURD’
WASHER
18th century
The even white stone finely pierced and carved in
the form of a double-gourd issuing from a gnarled
leafy stem, with leaves on the underside and rim,
naturalistically conveyed, worked with a bat, all
vividly depicted on the lustrous smoothly polished
stone. 8cm (3 1/8in) long.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY31,000 - 47,000

十八世紀 白玉葫蘆式水盂

The auspicious combination of a double-gourd
and bats stands for the blessing ‘May you have
both blessings and wealth’, Fulu Shuangquan.
Furthermore, the network of vines and combination
of larger and smaller gourds symbolises the wish for
ceaseless generations of male descendants, Guadie
Mianmian. Compare with a related ‘double gourd’
washer, 18th century, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museuum,
Vol.6, no.294, pg.204. See also an example
illustrated in Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection
at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
no.200, pp.150-152.
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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘FISH-DRAGON’ PLAQUE
Qing Dynasty
The scaly creature with dorsal fins and finely incised
tail, the head turned sharply towards its back with
163 bulging eyes and flaring nostrils, the translucent
stone of pale green tone with beige patches, with
fitted box. 11.6cm (4 1/2in) wide. (2).
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY31,000 - 47,000

清 青玉雕魚龍紋牌

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
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A RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
IMPERIALLY-INSCRIBED ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’
MOONFLASK, BIANHU
Qianlong
The vessel finely carved with a flattened circular
shape supported on a rectangular foot, with a
bulbuous neck flanked by a pair of arched leaf-
scroll handles, decorated to the exterior with a
large circular panel to each side framed by a leiwen
border, one depicting blossoming chrysanthemums
issuing from Taihu rocks, the reverse inscribed with
an Imperial poem about chrysanthemums, the stone
of pale green tone with some russet inclusions, box.
14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2).
£2,500 - 3,000
CNY20,000 - 24,000

清乾隆 青玉菊石圖御題詩文抱月小瓶

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

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