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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION
(LOTS 137-142)
137
A 'CHICKEN-BONE' JADE ARCHAISTIC
CENSER, GUI
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The small vessel is carved with a bombé form
body with two mythical beast handles. The body
is carved with a band of raised masks and short
fanges interspersed with kui dragons, all above
bands of nodes.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide
£4,000-6,000 US$5,300-7,800
€4,700-7,000

清十七/十八世紀 雞骨白玉仿古獸面
乳丁紋簋

來源: 北歐私人珍藏

~138
A WHITE AND GREY JADE
MYTHICAL BEAST
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The twin-horned mythical beast is carved
standing foursquare with its head raised, mouth
open, and bifurcated tail ficked upwards. Each of
the legs is carved with an archaistic foliate scroll
which also decorates the body. The stone is of a
white tone sufused with dark grey and opaque
white veins.
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, carved hongmu stand
£6,000-8,000 US$7,900-10,000
€7,000-9,300
PROVENANCE:
Private Scandinavian Collection.

清十七/十八世紀 青玉瑞獸擺件

來源: 北歐私人珍藏

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