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           A PALE CELADON JADE              ʩ   ڡͣ͗ᕐᎲ७Ҫ΁                      A BLACK AND GREY JADE CONG
           ARCHAISTIC ‘DRAGON’ GROUP                                          SONG/MING DYNASTY
           YUAN DYNASTY                     Ը๕                                of ß attened square section, carved with a
                                            ,JSLOPSUPO ϗᔛ
           carved in openwork with confronting coiling                        cylindrical tube extending to either end, the stone
           dragons, their mouths agape and their bodies   ࢝ᚎ                  of a greyish-celadon and dark brown tones
           rendered with stylised scrolls, the stone of a pale   'JOF BOE 3BSF $IJOFTF 8PSLT PG "SU BOE $FSBNJDT    6 cm, 2⅜ in.
           celadon tone variegated with brown tones and   4VNNFS &YIJCJUJPO‘d3PHFS ,FWFSOF -UEdࡐ౱d      £ 10,000-15,000   US$ 14,100-21,200
           dark patches                     ϋdᇜ໮
           6.4 cm, 2½ in.
                                            ̈و                                ҂ā׼   ϲኈ͗∑
           PROVENANCE                       #SJBO .PSHBOd/BUVSBMJTN BOE "SDIBJTN  $IJOFTF
           The Kirknorton Collection.       +BEFT GSPN UIF ,JSLOPSUPO $PMMFDUJPO‘dࡐ౱d
                                            ϋdᇜ໮
           EXHIBITED
           Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics:
           Summer Exhibition, Roger Keverne Ltd., London,
           2005, cat. no. 95.
           LITERATURE
           Brian Morgan, Naturalism and Archaism: Chinese
           Jades from the Kirknorton Collection, London,
           1995, cat. no. 67.
           £ 6,000-8,000   US$ 8,500-11,300












































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