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AN ARCHAISTIC JADE VASE & A JADE TIGER Provenance:
Late Qing Dynasty Yamanaka & Company, New York
The vase of flattened pear shape rising from the short foot to a long Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913
flaring neck with a pair of square handles, the mouth rim incised with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present
a band of keyfret pattern, the sides carved with a cartouche of chi
dragon, the gray stone polished smooth and stained black in areas; 來源：
the tiger in a recumbent pose facing forward, the rounded head with 紐約山中商會
large eyes and thick brows, ears back with a grim on the face, the Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈
tail raised and curled in an ‘S’ shape, the stone highly polished and 大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今
mottled gray and green in areas. (2)
Vase: 7 1/2in (19.1cm) high; The present vase compares closely to the jade fanghu in the Brundage
Tiger: 4 7/8in (12.4cm) long Collection, with similar profile and proportion, the stone surface and
vein lines also stained black to enhance the appearance of antiquity,
$900 - 1,200 illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew, Chinese Jades: Ming
Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, from the Asian Art Museum of San
清末 灰玉開光仿古魑龍紋雙耳瓶 灰玉仿古瑞虎 共兩件 Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p. 158, no. 140, attributed to the late
18th-early 19th century.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
A jade carving of Qilin of closely related form and style, in the collection
of the British Museum, is illustrated on the museum’s website, number
1981.1005.5.a, attributed to Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century.

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