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94 A LARGE WHITE AND BROWN
JADE ‘LOTUS POD’ GROUP
⋩ 䌱 17TH CENTURY
ᶫ 晽 the larger pod facing upward and leaning against the smaller
ᶾ 咖 which is turned on its side, the seeds within each carefully
䲨ġġġ 咔 modeled, thick stems snaking around the sides and beneath the
㒢 pods issuing ß owers in varying stages of bloom, long slender
ẞ leaves, and broad pads, each element naturalistically rendered
in high relief with minute details incised in Þ ne lines, the stone
an opaque creamy color with thin brown veins, the surface with
a soft polish

Length 5⅜ in., 13.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, London, 23rd December 1981.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 239.

EXHIBITED
An Exhibition of Fine Jade, Spink & Son, London, 1981, cat. no. 16. 94
$ 10,000-15,000
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军 晽 standing holding a scroll covering the lower body, the face with a
㖶ġġġ 䪍 gleeful expression below a single topknot, the small feet peeking
⫸ out from underneath the robe, the scroll inscribed Shang da ren
㈲ qiu twice, the stone a grayish-beige variegated with brown and
ẞ pierced through vertically

Height 2 in., 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE
Bluett & Sons, London, 3rd October 1983.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irvin, no. 126.
$ 4,000-6,000
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