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81 A PALE CELADON JADE ‘LOTUS’
INKSTONE
㶭ġġġ 曺 QING DYNASTY
䘥 of oval form, carved with a lotus pad spreading across the
䌱 underside, its furling edges wrapping over the surface to deÞ ne
晽 the border of the grinding plane, a pair of slender leaves in high
匟 relief dividing the plane from the small, deep water well at one
剙 end, two open lotus blossoms rising along the side of the well,
⼊ the details naturalistically rendered, the stone a translucent pale
䠗 celadon with faint icy-white veins

Length 4½ in., 11.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, London, 10th May 1988.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 471.
$ 8,000-12,000
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82 A CELADON JADE SEAL PASTE
BOX COVER

㶭ġġġ 曺 炈 QING DYNASTY
䌱 Ḧ of compressed circular form resting on a short footring, the
⌘ 昮 domed cover with a ß at top, the undecorated, smoothly polished
㲍 ⸜ stone an even pale celadon with faint icy inclusions, the base
味 墥 with an apocryphal four-character Qianlong seal mark (2)
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㫦 Diameter 2¾ in., 6.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 358.
႒ $ 2,000-3,000

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