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139 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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166 | BONHAMS A PALE GREEN JADE BRUSHWASHER
17th century
The washer finely carved in high relief as
a hollow prunus blossom borne on leafy,
flowering branches and entwined stems to
form the base and openwork handle, the
stone of semi-translucent pale green tone
with grey and brown inclusions, wood stand.
12.5cm (4 7/8in) long (2).

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000

十七世紀 青玉鏤雕花紋洗

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

Compare with related examples of jade brush
washers with openwork design and dated as
Ming dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of
Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 7,
Beijing, 2011, pls.176, 187, 202 and 204.

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A GREY AND RUSSET JADE ‘CHILONG’
CUP
Incised Zigang seal mark, Ming Dynasty
Of circular form with deep rounded sides, the
rim clambered by two reticulated chi dragons
with bifurcated tails forming the loop handles,
separated by a smaller dragon coiling at the
edge, the reverse carved with a relief roundel
enclosing a stylised shou character beside a
small swooping bat.
12.8cm (5in) wide

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000 CNY28,000 - 46,000

明 灰玉蟠螭龍柄福壽紋小盃
「子綱」金文刻款