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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘MAGNOLIA’ VASE
256 18th century
170 | BONHAMS Intricately carved as a large magnolia flower with overlapping layers of
foliating petals, beside smaller flower buds, issuing from a network of
gnarled branches forming the base of the vase, the stone of even pale
green tone, wood stand.
14cm (5 1/2in) high (2).

£2,500 - 4,000
CNY22,000 - 35,000

十八世紀 青白玉木蘭花插

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

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A PALE GREEN AND BLACK JADE MYTHICAL TORTOISE-
DRAGON
Ming Dynasty
Carved with fang teeth and bulging eyes, its head slightly swayed to
its left and legs tucked underneath, the back covered with tortoiseshell
incised with key-fret, carrying books tied with ribbon, the stone of an
even pale green tone highlighted with mottled inclusions, box.
8cm (3 1/8in) long (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000

明 青墨玉贔屭背書

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a similar green and black jade tortoise, Yuan/Ming
dynasty, illustrated by J.Watt in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing,
New York, 1980, p.80, fig.62.

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A LARGE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘CABBAGE,
GRASSHOPPER AND CAT’ VASE
18th century
Naturalistically carved with overlapping layers of foliated leaves,
clambered over by a grasshopper watched by a seated cat, the interior
well hollowed, wood stand.
20.5cm (8in) high (2).

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY43,000 - 69,000

十八世紀 青玉蟈蟈白菜花插

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Cabbage, (cai, 菜) is a homophone with the word for wealth 財. In
addition, as a staple vegetable in China, cabbage symbolised a humble
life and was highly regarded for its simplicity and unassuming form.

A related jade ‘cabbage’ vase, Qing dynasty, is illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum, vol.8,
Beijing, 2011, p.221, pl.177.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.