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     3260                                                                    清中期　　白玉蓮塘花鳥圖三層方盒

     A RARE WHITE JADE THREE-TIERED SQUARE                                   來源
                                                                             Mats Olof Gustafsson (1879-1928)珍藏， 後於家族流傳，
     BOX AND COVER                                                           （傳）於1920年代俄國革命後自俄國流入瑞典

     MID-QING DYNASTY

     The bottom tier is raised on four short, L-shaped feet and carved
     on each side in low relief with upright lotus petals, the sides of the
     second tier with ruyi-heads, and the sides of the cover are similarly
     decorated with downward lotus petals. The top of the cover is
     carved with a bird in flight, a flowering branch beside a rocky
     outcrop, all above a lotus pond. The stone is of a translucent white
     tone with some russet inclusions.
     4 Ω in. (11.4 cm.) square, box

     HK$1,000,000-2,000,000 US$130,000-260,000

     PROVENANCE

     Mats Olof Gustafsson (1879-1928), thence by descent in the
     family. According to family tradition this lot came to Sweden
     from Russia in the 1920s after the Russian revolution

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