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A PALE CELADON JADE A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC 清末 青白玉饕餮紋雙龍活環耳蓋瓶
ARCHAISTIC DRAGON-HANDLED VASE AND COVER
VESSEL LATE QING DYNASTY 來源：
LATE QING DYNASTY– James Cromwell 夫人收藏
REPUBLICAN PERIOD the translucent white stone worked with a 倫敦佳士得1988年12月12日，編號43
flattened ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to
of archaistic gui form, decorated with a pair of a waisted neck flanked by a pair of dragon mask
dragon handles, the body worked in low relief handles suspending loose rings, the body with
with a broad frieze enclosing taotie masks against a broad frieze enclosing taotie masks, the cover
a leiwen ground, all below two mythical beast with taotie motifs picked out in scrollwork and
masks and four rectangular flanges, the stone of surmounted by an openwork finial modelled in the
a pale celadon colour with light russet inclusions form of a stylised roaring lion
14 cm, 5½ in. 21 cm, 8¼ in.

HK$ 60,000-80,000 PROVENANCE
US$ 7,800-10,300
Collection of Mrs James Cromwell.
Christie’s London, 12th December 1988, lot 43.

清末至民國 青白玉雙龍耳蓋罐 HK$ 250,000-300,000
US$ 32,200-38,700

Rubbing detail 局部拓本

42 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比