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PROPERTY FROM A MIDWESTERN COLLECTION
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A RUSSET AND CELADON JADE ‘PINE’ VESSEL
Qing Dynasty, 18th century
Carved in the form of a hollowed tree trunk, one branch stretched
from the base supporting a cluster of pine needles, another branch
extended from the rim to form a loop, providing another group of
pine needles, the rugged skin hinting old age of the tree, the stone
highly polished leaving natural russet areas to enhance the design,
the base slightly concaved to form a narrow ring.
3 3/8in (8.6cm) high
$7,000 - 10,000

清十八世紀 青玉帶皮老松花插

For a larger example of a vessel of similar form carved with prunus
branches rather than pine, see Yang Boda (Chief Ed.) A Romance
with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 28,
no. 6.

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