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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND
WALTER F. BROWN
1600
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE RUYI SCEPTER
18TH CENTURY
The scepter is carved in the form of a lingzhi fungus,
with a bat perched on the head and a chilong
clambering up the stem amidst smaller lingzhi shoots.
The stone is of mottled green color with some darker
speckles.
14¿ in. (35.7 cm.) long, silk stand
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Roger Keverne, London, 2012.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San
Antonio, Texas.
EXHIBITED:
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of
Art and Ceramics - Winter Exhibition, 2012.
LITERATURE:
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and
Ceramics - Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no. 84.

清十八世紀 碧玉雕螭龍紋如意

1600

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN
1601
A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL GU-FORM VASES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each central section is decorated with a gilt-bronze shou (longevity) This pair of vases illustrates the highest quality of craftmanship found
medallion surrounded by lotus scroll, and the flaring neck and foot are on archaistic cloisonné vessels made during the Qianlong period. The
each decorated with stiff leaves separated by further gilt-bronze shou inset shou medallions are a rare feature, however related insets can
medallions. Each vase is divided by vertical flanges and the interior be found on a Qianlong-period cloisonné enamel ding-form vessel and
mouth rim is decorated with further lotus scroll. cover in the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, with inset medallions
decorated with spirals instead of shou characters, illustrated by B.
17æ in. (45 cm.) high, silver-inlaid zitan stands (2)
Quette, ed. in Cloisonné. Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and
Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, p. 262, no. 76. The well-cast flanges
$60,000-80,000 are also unusual and seem to be more commonly found on gu-form
vases of square section, where they more easily adapt to the corners
PROVENANCE:
Roger Keverne, London, 2011. of the shape; see a pair of fanggu-form vases of comparable size to
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas. the present vases sold at Christie’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot
356.
EXHIBITED:
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and
Ceramics - Winter Exhibition, 2011. 清乾隆 掐絲琺琅團壽字紋觚一對
On loan, San Antonio Museum of Art.
LITERATURE:
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics -
Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, p. 78, no. 56.