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A LARGE SPINACH-GREEN JADE ‘PEONY AND BUTTERFLIES’
MARRIAGE BOWL
19th century
Flanked by a pair of butterfly loose-ring handles, their wings and head
extending over the rim, the exterior with a main band of continuous
lotus scroll, the interior delicately carved with a spray of lingzhi and
peony, raised on six lobed feet, the stone of translucent green flecked
with black inclusions.
29.8cm (11 3/4in) wide
£6,000 - 8,000 CNY55,000 - 73,000
HK$66,000 - 88,000
十九世紀 碧玉花卉紋活環耳洗
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A SPINACH GREEN JADE ‘DOUBLE PINE-TRUNK’ VASE
18th century
Intricately carved as two hollow pine tree trunks issuing gnarled
branches, lingzhi sprays, peaches and bamboo branches, a bat
swooping down on the side, wood stand.
12cm (4 3/4in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000 CNY28,000 - 46,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000
十八世紀 碧玉福至心靈雙松椿花插 153
Compare with a related spinach-jade ‘pine’ double vase, Qing dynasty,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade 8 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl.185. For another related
example, 18th century, see R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1991,
p.151, fig.57.
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