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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 $FSBNJDT 6 cm, 2⅜ in.
celadon tone variegated with brown tones and 4VNNFS &YIJCJUJPOd3PHFS ,FWFSOF -UEdࡐd £ 10,000-15,000 US$ 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 $PMMFDUJPOdࡐd
ϋdᇜ
EXHIBITED
Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics:
Summer Exhibition, Roger Keverne Ltd., London,
2005, cat. no. 95.
LITERATURE
Brian Morgan, Naturalism and Archaism: Chinese
Jades from the Kirknorton Collection, London,
1995, cat. no. 67.
£ 6,000-8,000 US$ 8,500-11,300
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