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A CELADON-JADE ‘MYTHICAL
BEAST’ JOSS STICK HOLDER
LATE MING DYNASTY
deftly carved with the animal lying on its
stomach, lifting its head, and bearing its teeth,
a long beaded spine running from the back of
the neck to the bifurcated bushy tail, three of
the legs tucked under the body and its front
left paw grasping a small jar, the center of the
jar hollowed to support a joss stick, the stone a
very pale green color, wood stand (2)
Length 3⅞ in., 9.8 cm
PROVENANCE
English Private Collection, acquired September
1970.

$ 4,000-6,000
㖶㛓ġġġ曺䌱晽䐆䌠楁㍺
Ը๕
劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻⼿㕤1970⸜9㚰

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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTOR
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A WHITE JADE ‘PEACH’ WASHER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH
CENTURY

carved in the form of the fruit laying on its side
with high-relief branches and leaves wrapping
the exterior, the details naturalistically
rendered, a bat swooping in just above one of
the curling leaves, the interior well-hollowed,
the stone an opaque creamy color with tinges
of pale celadon and scattered faint russet
inclusions
Width 4 in., 10.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Gump’s, San Francisco.
$ 6,000-8,000
㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨⇅ġġġ䘥䌱晽⢥㟫
⼊㲿
Ը๕
Gump’s炻冲慹Ⱉ

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