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7 㶭 曺 A RARE CELADON AND RUSSET
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㬋ġ 晽 JADE ‘QUAIL AND MILLET’
İġ 㬚 BOULDER
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昮ġġġ ⸛ QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG / QIANLONG
⬱ PERIOD
⚾ the large ovoid stone deftly carved in high relief on one side
Ⱉ with quails in a rocky enclave, three of the birds standing on a
⫸ ß at rock in the lower right corner of the composition pecking at
leaÞ ng stalks of millet, rockwork rising at a diagonal overhead
and serving as a perch for a fourth quail also eating millet, a
gnarled tree growing nearby and a waterfall cascading in the
deeply carved background, the opposite side carved with a river
ß owing between karsts, leaÞ ng and ß owering branches peeking
out from the sides of the hills, clouds swirling above, the stone a
very pale seafoam green with orange-russet skin reserved for the
coloration of the principal decorative features, wood stand (2)

Length 6⅛ in., 15.5 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Christie’s London, 8th April 1978, lot 148. ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿IJĺĸĹ⸜ĵ㚰Ĺ㖍炻䶐嘇IJĵĹ
Collection of Floyd and Josephine Segel. ŇŭŰźťġ⍲ġŋŰŴŦűũŪůŦġŔŦŨŦŭġằ⃟㓞啷
Spink & Son, London, 8th April 1986.
ŔűŪůŬġħġŔŰů炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹķ⸜ĵ㚰Ĺ㖍
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
Irving, no. 454.
㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĵĶĵ
LITERATURE ̈و
Barry Till and Paula Swart, ‘Mountain Retreats in Jade’, Arts of
ŃŢųųźġŕŪŭŭġ⍲ġőŢŶŭġŔŸŢųŵ炻˨ŎŰŶůŵŢŪůġœŦŵųŦŢŵŴġŪůġ
Asia, July-August 1986, p. 53.
ŋŢťŦ˩炻˪łųŵŴġŰŧġłŴŪŢ˫炻ĸ军Ĺ㚰IJĺĹķ⸜炻枩ĶĴ
$ 150,000-250,000

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