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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE TRIPOD
POURING VESSEL, YI
Ming Dynasty
Modelled after an archaic bronze yi vessel, the
broad body supported on three small feet and
carved in shallow relief with stylised mythical
beasts and clouds, the handle carved with a
mythical beast head biting the rim, the stone of
pale green tone with russet inclusions.
15.5cm (6 1/8in) long

£10,000 - 15,000
HK$110,000 - 160,000 CNY92,000 - 140,000

明 青白玉帶皮卷雲紋仿古螭龍柄匜

Compare with a distantly related pouring vessel
with dragon-shaped handle, but with lychee
patterns, dated to the Ming dynasty, illustrated
in Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade 7, Beijing, 2011, p.81, pl.67.

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A SMALL PALE GREEN JADE TWO-
HANDLED CUP
Carved Zigang seal mark, Ming Dynasty
The semi-translucent stone of even pale green
tone, carved in low relief on each side with a
gnarled branch and prunus blossoms, on one
side a poetic inscription, flanked by a pair of
mythical beast-heads issuing loop handles.
10.5cm (4 1/2in) wide

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

明 青白玉梅枝紋題詩雙耳盃
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