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fig.1 Lot 162 as illustrated by S.C.Nott in Chi-
nese Jades Throughout the Ages, Rutland, 1936
(2nd ed. 1962), pl.CXXIII (centre)

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162 ≈                                                                        Provenance: H.S.Whitaker Esq. Collection
                                                                             Sir John Mullens Collection
A fine archaistic apple-green jadeite censer and cover                       Sold at Christie’s London, 7 July 1932, lot 98
19th century                                                                 Major R.W.Cooper
The thickly hollowed flattened body carved on each side with a taotie        Acquired through John Sparks, Ltd., London on 31 May 1963, from
mask flanked by two stylised chilong, the waisted neck with two handles      Christie’s London The Collection of Important Chinese Jades formed by
formed as Buddhist lion-heads suspending loose-rings, the cover formed       Major R. W. Cooper on 29 April 1963, lot 4
as a long-necked bird with wings outstretched and grasping in its beak a     An English private collection
lingzhi fungus disguised by cloud scrolls and coiled around the finial also
carved with a bird with lingzhi fungus amid cloud scrolls, wood stand.       Illustrated: S.C.Nott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Rutland, 1962
14cm (5½in) wide (3).                                                        (first edition 1936), pl.CXXIII (centre), where the jadeite bowl and cover
£15,000 - 20,000                                                             are dated to the Qianlong period (see fig.1 above left).
HK$180,000 - 240,000 CNY140,000 - 190,000                                    Also illustrated in E.Gorer and J.F.Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard
                                                                             Stones, London, 1911, Vol.II, pl.242.
十九世紀 翡翠雕饕餮紋雙獅耳蓋爐

                                                                             來源:H.S.Whitaker Esq.收藏系列
                                                                             John Mullens爵士收藏系列
                                                                             倫敦佳士得,1932年7月7日,拍品編號98
                                                                             R.W.Cooper少校
                                                                             1963年5月31日經倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd.購得,此拍品原購自倫
                                                                             敦佳士得《R. W. Cooper少校重要中國玉器收藏系列》,1963年4月29
                                                                             日,拍品編號4

                                                                             英國私人收藏

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