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PROPERTY OF A LADY PROVENANCE 清十九 / 二十世紀初 青玉雕年
A CELADON JADE ‘CATFISH’ Collection of Nikita G. Maggos, Alton, Illinois, 年有餘紋蝶耳洗
MARRIAGE BOWL acquired in the 1960s-1970s and thence by
QING DYNASTY, 19TH / EARLY 20TH descent. 來源
CENTURY Compare to a similar example carved with twin Nikita G. Maggos 收藏，奧爾頓，伊利諾
catfish and deer handles attributed to 19th 州，得於1960至1970年代，此後家族傳承
carved as a wide basin with tapering sides rising century sold in these rooms, 17th-18th March
from four short bracket feet, the interior carved 2015, lot 339.
in low relief with a pair of catfish swimming
among foliage, the exterior carved with dragons $ 20,000-30,000
in pursuit of a ‘flaming pearl’ against a keyfret
ground all below a keyfret band around the
mouthrim, the sides flanked by D-form handles
finely reticulated with butterflies, the stone of
pale grayish celadon color with russet veining
and white inclusions, wood stand (2)
Width 10¼ in., 26 cm

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