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AN UNUSUAL CARVED JADE CUP
Of simple attenuated inverted conical shape enmeshed within
an elaborately undercut and reticulated figural tableau of seven
scholars and their boy attendants engaging in chess and painting
connoisseurship amid a rocky grove of pine and peach trees forming
the opposing handles, carved from stone of celadon hue flecked and
streaked in notable patches of russet inclusions; raised atop a fitted
wood stand reticulated in consonant subject matter.
9in (23cm) width over handles
US$8,000 - 12,000
Provenance
S. Bernstein & Co collection, San Francisco; with label affixed to
underside, purchased October 1, 1998
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