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A JADEITE ‘BEETLES AND LEAF’ CARVING AN ARCHAISTIC JADEITE CENSER AND
20TH CENTURY COVER
20TH CENTURY
deftly carved in the form of a furled weathered leaf pitted with
insect-eaten holes, with two beetles clambering on its stem with a compressed bombé body resting on three cabriole legs
and side cleverly worked within a translucent yellowish section issuing from leonine animal masks, the body flanked by a pair
of the stone of dragon-head handles, the cover surmounted by a finial
10.5 cm, 4⅛ in. worked in the form of a Buddhist lion with the head turned
to its right, the stone of a pale variegated celadon and apple-
PROVENANCE green colour, wood stand
Acquired in Taiwan during the 1990s. 16 cm, 6¼ in.
HK$ 30,000-40,000 HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 3,900-5,200 US$ 10,300-15,500
二十世紀 翠玉巧作甲蟲樹葉 二十世紀 翠玉龍首三足蓋爐
來源：
1990年代得於台灣
60 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
