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THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY
                                                                                                                                 COLLECTION, NEW YORK
                                                                                                                                 ~1263
                                                                                                                                 A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE
                                                                                                                                 FLATTENED BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
                                                                                                                                 The vase is carved on one narrow side with a
                                                                                                                                 pheasant perched at the base of a toy camellia
                                                                                                                                 plant while another pheasant perches on the knob
                                                                                                                                 of the corner. The neck is flanked by two beast-
                                                                                                                                 head handles suspending loose rings and the
                                                                                                                                 stone is of an even pale greenish-white tone.
                                                                                                                                 9r in. (23.7 cm.) high, hardwood stand
                                                                                                                                 $10,000-15,000
                                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 Acquired prior to 1980 and thence by descent
                                                                                                                                 within the family.

                                                                                                                                 顯㈥家族珍藏
 紐☼
                                                                                                                                 青白玉雕花鳥紋獸首銜‍耳扁蓋瓶
                                                                                                                                 Ϝ源
                                                                                                                                 Ն藏於    年ע
 後於家族ҷ承


                                                        1261 (two views)

                                                              PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION
                                                              1261
                                                              A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE `MOTHER AND BOYS' GROUP
                                                              18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                                              Possibly functioning as a washer, the carving depicts an elegantly coiffed
                                                              mother holding a washcloth and bathing a child in a basin while another child
                                                              clings to one side and clutches a ruyi scepter.
                                                              3 in. (7.7 cm.) long

                                                              $8,000-12,000
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Acquired in New York, 1980s.

                                                              北美珍藏
                                                              清十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕親子樂擺件
                                                              來源:
                                                              入藏於紐約, 1980年代
                                                              ANOTHER PROPERTY
                                                              1262
                                                              A GREYISH-WHITE JADE VASE AND COVER
                                                              18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                                              The vase is carved with bats flying amidst cloud vapors above a boy in relief to
                                                              one side holding a floral branch. The scroll-form handles are decorated with
                                                              perching cranes, one of which graps a lingzhi branch in its beak. The cover is
                                                              surmounted by a recumbent lion.
                                                              8º in. (21 cm.) high

                                                              $10,000-15,000
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Private American collection, acquired prior to 1960.

                                                              清十八/十九世紀 灰白玉福壽雙全蓋瓶
                                                              來源:
                                 1262                         美國私人珍藏, 入藏於1960年前                                                                                                                                                    353
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