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11     A CELADON JADE CARVING OF
                         LIU HAI

                㶭 曺      QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
                ⋩ 䌱      kneeling and paddling a boat fashioned from a live pine tree,
                ᶫġ 晽     the gnarled trunk rising from the stern, its twisting branches
                 İġ ∱    extending forward to form a canopy, a chirping bird perched
                ⋩ 㴟      atop one of the branches, Liu Hai positioned at the bow gazing
                ℓ ㇚      down at the water while pushing the oar through the ripples
                ᶾ 慹      rising along the boat’s hull, the sleeve of the robe sweeping
                䲨ġġġ 垦   upward from the action, accompanied by a three-legged toad,
                    㒢    the stone an even, translucent pale green tone, wood stand (2)
                    ẞ
                         Length 4⅞ in., 12.5 cm


                         PROVENANCE
                         Spink & Son, London, 5th March 1982.
                         Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
                         Irving, no. 389.
                         $ 6,000-8,000
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                         啷炻䶐嘇ĴĹĺ






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