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25 㶭 曺 A LARGE CELADON AND
䌱
⇅ġġġ
晽 RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’
崽 WASHER
䎈
暚 EARLY QING DYNASTY
漵 of compressed ovoid form, rising from a ß at base to wide
䲳 shoulders and an incurved rim, boldly carved in high relief with
㲿 Þ ve writhing dragons pursuing a ‘Flaming Pearl’, their bodies
weaving in and out of dense spiraling clouds, all above rockwork
and crashing waves, the base Þ nely carved with a whirlpool, the
stone a beige-celadon variegated with russet and brown

Length 7½ in., 19 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Probably collection of Charles Stanley Nott (1904-1957). ㅱ䁢ġńũŢųŭŦŴġŔŵŢůŭŦźġŏŰŵŵġĩIJĺıĵĮIJĺĶĸĪġ㓞啷
Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 31st March 1982. ŐųŪŦůŵŢŭġœŢųŪŵŪŦŴġĩłŭŢůġʼnŢųŵŮŢůĪ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹij⸜
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Ĵ㚰ĴIJ㖍
Irving, no. 246.
ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ijĵķ
LITERATURE
Charles Stanley Nott, Voices from the Flowery Kingdom: Being ̈و
an Illustrated Descriptive Record of the Beginnings of Chinese ńũŢųŭŦŴġŔŵŢůŭŦźġŏŰŵŵ炻˪ŗŰŪŤŦŴġŧųŰŮġŵũŦġŇŭŰŸŦųźġ
Cultural Existence, Incorporating a Complete Survey of the
ŌŪůŨťŰŮġĻġŃŦŪůŨġŢůġŊŭŭŶŴŵųŢŵŦťġŅŦŴŤųŪűŵŪŷŦġœŦŤŰųťġ
Numerous Emblematic Forces Selected from Nature by the
ŰŧġŵũŦġŃŦŨŪůůŪůŨŴġŰŧġńũŪůŦŴŦġńŶŭŵŶųŢŭġņŹŪŴŵŦůŤŦĭġ
Ritualistic Leaders of the Chinese Throughout the Ages, New
York, 1947, pls LIII and CXXII. ŊůŤŰųűŰųŢŵŪůŨġŢġńŰŮűŭŦŵŦġŔŶųŷŦźġŰŧġŵũŦġŏŶŮŦųŰŶŴġ
Charles Stanley Nott, Chinese Culture in the Arts: Being an ņŮţŭŦŮŢŵŪŤġŇŰųŤŦŴġŔŦŭŦŤŵŦťġŧųŰŮġŏŢŵŶųŦġţźġŵũŦġ
Illustrated Descriptive Record of the Meaning of the Emblematic œŪŵŶŢŭŪŴŵŪŤġōŦŢťŦųŴġŰŧġŵũŦġńũŪůŦŴŦġŕũųŰŶŨũŰŶŵġŵũŦġ
and Symbolic Designs PersoniÞ ed in the Arts of China Throughout łŨŦŴ˫炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĵĸ⸜炻⚾䇰ōŊŊŊ⍲ńřřŊŊ
the Ages, New York, 1946, pls 53 & 54. ńũŢųŭŦŴġŔŵŢůŭŦźġŏŰŵŵ炻˪ńũŪůŦŴŦġńŶŭŵŶųŦġŪůġŵũŦġ
łųŵŴĻġŃŦŪůŨġŢůġŊŭŭŶŴŵųŢŵŦťġŅŦŴŤųŪűŵŪŷŦġœŦŤŰųťġŰŧġŵũŦġ
$ 40,000-60,000
ŎŦŢůŪůŨġŰŧġŵũŦġņŮţŭŦŮŢŵŪŤġŢůťġŔźŮţŰŭŪŤġŅŦŴŪŨůŴġ
őŦųŴŰůŪŧŪŦťġŪůġŵũŦġłųŵŴġŰŧġńũŪůŢġŕũųŰŶŨũŰŶŵġŵũŦġ
For an early Qing dynasty beige jade example with two dragons łŨŦŴ˫炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĵķ⸜炻⚾䇰ĶĴ⍲Ķĵ
carved against a low-relief ground, see The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware, vol. 3, Hong
Kong, 1995, pl. 165. A celadon jade example is illustrated in
Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum:
Supplement, Taipei, 1973, pl. 30; and a Qianlong period white
jade washer of this type, also in the collection of the National
Palace Museum (inv. Guyu 2963) was exhibited in Jade: From
Emperors to Art Deco, Musée Guimet, Paris, 2016, cat. no 124.

The present lot, illustrated in Charles Stanley Nott, Voices from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanley Nott holding the present lot,
the Flowery Kingdom, New York, 1947, pl. CXXII. illustrated in Charles Stanley Nott, Voices from the Flowery
Kingdom, New York, 1947, pl. LIII.
㬌ẞ㓞抬㕤Charles Stanley Nott叿炻˪Voices from the
Flowery Kingdom˫炻䲸䲬炻1947⸜炻⚾䇰CXXIIˤ Charles Stanley Nottằ⃟ㇳ㊩㬌ẞ炻夳Charles Stanley Nott
˪Voices from the Flowery Kingdom˫炻䲸䲬炻1947⸜炻⚾䇰LIIIˤ
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