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PROPERTY FROM THE MORGAN FOUNDATION COLLECTION PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘GARUDA’ SLIDE A CELADON JADE ‘CATFISH’ RUYI SCEPTER
QING DYNASTY QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the mythical bird depicted with a human-like face, with the ruyi-shaped head carved in high relief with a bat along
flowing ribbons streaming around the body, its wings, the top edge grasping a ribbon in its mouth, the ribbon
tail and plumage detailed with fine incisions, donning suspending a stone chime, a wanzi pendant, and a lotus
a headband surmounted by a bird in profile with wings pendant, the ends of the ribbon fluttering to either side
outstretched, the pale green stone with russet inclusions and around the pair of catfish, the S-curved shaft carved with
smoothly polished a densely patterned foliate peony scroll, the stone an even
Length 2¼ in., 5.7 cm pale celadon
Length 18 in., 45.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 2000. $ 15,000-20,000
$ 10,000-15,000
清十九世紀 青玉雕吉慶有餘如意
清 青白玉雕迦樓羅飾
來源：
2000年之前得於香港

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PROPERTY FROM THE MORGAN FOUNDATION COLLECTION
A RARE WHITE JADE MINIATURE VASE AND
COVER
QING DYNASTY
designed as an inro of flattened archaic bronze zhi form with
a waisted foot and miniature lug handles along the narrow
sides for suspension, each broad side carved in low relief
with a taotie mask with elongated almond-shaped eyes,
curling eyebrows and a ruyi-shaped nose against a diaper
ground, between registers of keyfret and whorl-shaped
bosses, the cover with a chilong-form knop (2)
Height 2 ⅞ in., 7.3 cm

PROVENANCE
S. Bernstein & Co., San Francisco, circa 2010.
$ 6,000-8,000

清 白玉雕仿古饕餮紋小蓋瓶
來源：
S. Bernstein & Co.，舊金山，約2010年

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