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105 A fine and rare Mughal-style jade ewer
Two pale green jade ‘floral’ brush washers 17th/18th century
Ming Dynasty The thinly-worked globular body surmounted by a ribbed flaring neck
Each carved from pale green stone with minor brownish and cloudy resting on a spreading foot, set with a leaf-shaped loop handle and a
inclusions, each formed as a single opening flower supported on a long, slightly tapering spout, the exterior with evenly-spaced grooves
gnarled leafy stem, one surrounded by chrysanthemum, peony and and carved in low relief with borders of petals around the foot and
prunus blossoms together with a small pomegranate bursting open, shoulder, the base formed as a floral medallion encircling a star-
the other with magnolia blossoms and buds. shaped stamen, the finely-polished semi-translucent stone of striated
The longer 15.5cm (6 1/8in) long (2). grey tone.
£3,000 - 5,000 16.5cm (6½in) long
HK$37,000 - 62,000 CNY29,000 - 49,000 £20,000 - 30,000
HK$250,000 - 370,000 CNY200,000 - 290,000
明 青玉雕花式洗兩件
十七/十八世紀 痕都斯坦灰玉雕執壺
Compare a similar jade ewer in the collection of the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Exquisite Beauty - Islamic Jades, Taipei,
2007, pl.97.
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