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601
AN ARCHAISTIC CELADON JADE
TWO-HANDLED VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of flattened, elongated baluster form and
almost rectangular section, with a lipped
rim and foot, the two broad sides intricately
carved in shallow relief with taotie above a
pair of stylized confronting chilong, all against
a ground of archaistic scrolls and motifs, the
shoulders with two elephant-mask handles,
the narrow sides left plain, the stone an even
bluish-celadon color
height 5½ in., 14 cm

PROVENANCE
sotheby’s London, 15th october 1974, lot 61.
$ 6,000-8,000

清十八世紀 青玉雕獸面螭龍紋
象耳瓶

來源
倫敦蘇富比1974年10月15日，編號61

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601
A CELADON JADE WASHER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
well-hollowed, the rounded sides resting on
four ridged ruyi-shaped feet, rising to a gently
everted rim, a circle incised above the base of
the well, the lustrously polished stone a deep
celadon color with russet veining and faint
white mottling
Diameter 6⅞ in., 17.3 cm

$ 6,000-8,000
清十八世紀 青玉洗

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