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              A TRANSLUCENT SPINACH   line in the material
              GREEN MUGHAL STYLE      Provenance: Hungarian private
              ‘LOTUS’ JADE BOWL, QING   collection
              DYNASTY
              The jade carved in high relief, the   Literature comparison: Fine
              mineral being of almost absolutely   Chinese Ceramics and Works
              flawless dark-green color, with a   of Art. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong,
              good and smooth surface finish   April 8 , 2014, lot 3071. (for a
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              China, 18  – 19  century   pair of translucent white jade
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                                      bowls, showing a related carving
              With a circumferential band of   technique)
              raised lotus flowers accompanied
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 A LARGE BROWN, CELADON AND WHITE JADE MOUNTAIN BOULDER, QING DYNASTY    lip surrounded by a traditional   檀㴖晽炻ㆸ㶙䵈炻堐朊⃱㹹㼌㽌ġᷕ
 Celadon and brown jade with russet and white inclusions, smooth surface polish, with wooden base   band of ruyi, the raised foot   ⚳炻⋩ℓ军⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġ
 China, Qing Dynasty     rim surrounded by a formalized   ġ
              chrysanthemum petal band.  䠿⢾⡩ᶨ⚰丷㝅大哫咖䲳炻䠿⒯㱧ġ
 Most intriguing about this boulder is the use of the various hues in the jade material. The show   ␐晽⇣叿⁛䴙䘬⤪シ䲳炻↠崟䘬儛ġ
 side features the portrayal of a scholar walking with his stick in a mountainous landscape with pine   This bowl is an interesting   怲ᶨ⚰咖剙䒋䲳ˤġ
 trees. The wanderer is carved in a grotto like-reserve and shows white color, standing out beautifully   example of two cultures meeting   ġ
 against the brown speckled celadon color of the surrounding. The backside bears incised archaic   in one single design.  The   忁ᾳ䠿㗗ℑ䧖㔯⊾⛐ᶨᾳ姕妰ᷕ䚠ġ
 script as well as an apocryphal Yongzheng mark.     traditional Chinese is represented   忯䘬㚱嵋ἳ⫸ˤġ⁛䴙䘬ᷕ⚳㔯⊾ġ
              by a strictly formal ruyi band,   ⛐忁塷塓堐䎦䇚㟤⺷⊾⤪シ䲳炻侴ġ
 Shape: Vertical boulder shape, curved wooden longish base   while the Mughal is represented   ㆆ⃨⃺䌳㛅㇨⯽䎦䘬㗗丷㝅大䔒咖
 Dimensions: 13 cm (height), 10,5 cm (length), 4 cm (width)  by a no less formal, yet completely   䲳ˤ䠿⼊ġ⯢⮠烉IJijġŤŮġĩ䚜⼹Īġ
 Condition: Excellent condition with fine hand patina   different band of aligned   ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻堡㚱ᶨ㡅䞕䞕䘬⣑䃞ġ
 Provenance: American private collection    geometric Chrysanthemum petals.   ⡻≃䲳ġ
              The large flower band is situated   ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷ġ
 㶭ẋ⣏✳曺䘥䌱Ⱉ⫸    in the center between those   㔯䌣⍫侫烉˪ᷕ⚳䱦伶昞䒟␴ⶍ喅ġ
 ⑩䚠列⤥炻⊭㻧䳘兑    two smaller bands and bears   ⑩˫炻喯⭴㭼炻楁㷗炻ijıIJĵ⸜ĵ㚰ġĹ
 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷       characteristics from both cultures.   㖍炻ĴıĸIJ嘇㉵⑩炷ᶨ⮵⋲德㖶䘥䌱ġ
                                      䠿炻䚠役晽⇣喅埻炸
 Estimate EUR 1.000,-  Shape: Bowl
 Starting price EUR 500,-  Dimensions: 12 cm (diameter)  Estimate EUR 1.000,-
              Condition: Excellent condition   Starting price EUR 500,-
              with only one short natural stress






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