Page 82 - 2019 September 10th Sotheby's Important Chinese Art Jades, Met Museum Irving Collection NYC

21 㶭 䡏 A SPINACH-GREEN JADE
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ℓ 晽 MOONFLASK AND COVER
ᶾ ⢼ QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
䲨ġġġ 漵
俛 the ß attened circular body rising from a pedestal foot to a
㳣 slender elongated neck and galleried rim, the neck set with two
䑘 archaistic kuilong handles, each suspending a thick loose ring,
漵 the smooth body of the vase undecorated, the domed cover with
憽 a Þ nial meticulously carved in openwork with a crouching dragon
㉙ with pronounced antlers and trailing whiskers, the stone a deep
㚰 emerald-green ß ecked with black and lighter green tones (2)
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Height 11 in., 18 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Spink & Son, London, 14th October 1985. ŔűŪůŬġħġŔŰů炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹĶ⸜IJı㚰IJĵ㖍
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
Irving, no. 445.
㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĵĵĶ
A spinach-green jade moonß ask suspending loose rings but
carved with a landscape scene and without its cover, sold at
Christie’s Paris, 26th November 2002, lot 153. A white jade
hu-form vase with similar handles and rings, but with incised gilt
decoration, sold in these rooms, 20th October 1988, lot 289. See
also a white jade example with a similar ‘dragon’ cover, sold in
our London rooms, 2nd May 1986, lot 252.
$ 40,000-60,000

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