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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY COLLECTION,
NEW YORK
1270
1272
A PALE GREENISH-GREY JADE SEAL BLANK
MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 15TH-17TH CENTURY A PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE FLATTENED
BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
The square seal blank is surmounted by a coiled chilong shown with its head raised.
LATE QING DYNASTY
1º in. (3.2 cm.) high, cloth box
The vase is carved on one side with a rocky landscape with
a pine tree and an antlered deer below swooping cranes.
$5,000-7,000 The reverse is carved with two Buddhist lions contesting a
beribboned ball. The neck is flanked by a pair of beast-head
PROVENANCE:
handles suspending loose rings and the cover is surmounted
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1985.
by two Buddhist lions grasping each other’s tails. The pale
green stone has some patches of light russet color.
私人珍藏
12q in. (31.5 cm.) high
明至清初 十五至十七世紀 青灰玉雕螭龍鈕方印
來源: $8,000-12,000
入藏於香港, 1985年 PROVENANCE:
Acquired prior to 1980 and thence by descent within the family.

ANOTHER PROPERTY
1270 顯㈥家族珍藏
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~1271 晚清ǎ灰青玉雕瑞Ờ戲球獸首銜‍耳蓋瓶
A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC BI Ϝ源
SONG-MING DYNASTY, 12TH-15TH CENTURY
Ն藏於 年ע
後於家族流ҷ
The disc is well carved on both sides in shallow relief with a wide band containing
an archaistic phoenix and a dragon amidst clouds within narrow plain inner and
outer borders. The stone is of white color with dark grey inclusions. The wood
stand is carved in the form of Liu Hai's three-legged toad.
4º in. (10.8 cm.) diam., hardwood stand
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
Old Cathay Arts, 1931.
Earl R. Preston Collection, Alhambra, California.
Private collection, New England.
Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1797.
EXHIBITED:
Pasadena, Pacific Asia Museum, Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, 1985-
1986, no. 111.
San Francisco, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, A Matter of Taste:
Selected Chinese Art from California Collections, 1986, no. 60.
LITERATURE:
S. Foster, Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, Pasadena, 1986, p. 59, no. 111.
T. Bartholomew, A Matter of Taste: Selected Chinese Art from California
Collections, San Francisco, 1986, p. 55, no. 60.

宋/明 十二至十五世紀 白玉雕龍鳳紋璧
來源:
Old Cathay Arts, 1931年
Earl R. Preston珍藏, 阿罕布拉市, 加州
私人珍藏, 新英格蘭
紐約佳士得, 2012年3月22-23日, 拍品編號1797
展覽:
巴沙迪納市, 亞太博物館, 「Chinese Jade: The Image from Within」, 1985-1986
年, 編號111
舊金山中華文化中心, 「A Matter of Taste: Selected Chinese Art from California
Collections」, 1986年, 編號60
出版:
S. Foster, 《Chinese Jade: The Image from Within》, 巴沙迪納市, 1986年,
頁59, 編號111
T. Bartholomew, 《A Matter of Taste: Selected Chinese Art from California
Collections》, 舊金山, 1986年, 頁55, 編號60
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