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5   A YELLOW AND BROWN JADE
                            ‘VASE’ GROUP

                    㶭 湫     QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
                    Ḧ 䌱     the ß at stone carved on both sides as a baluster jar and cover
                    昮ġġġ 晽  and an amphora, a stembowl to one side of the jar, and a phoenix   Ը๕
                        沛   with neck and tail coiled around the amphora, delicately incised   œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹIJ⸜IJı㚰ijĹ㖍
                        䲳   with curling feathers, the smooth translucent yellow stone with a   ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
                        暁   patch of brown at the amphora, one side pierced in three places,   㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻ġ䶐嘇Ĵķij
                        倗   mounted on a plexiglass stand
                        䒞
                            Height 5⅜ in., 13.3 cm

                            PROVENANCE
                            Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 28th October 1981.
                            Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
                            Irving, no. 362.
                            $ 15,000-20,000







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