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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTOR
A CELADON JADE ‘LOTUS’
WASHER
17TH CENTURY
naturalistically carved in the form of a large furled
lotus leaf pad entwined with waterweed, the
underside with stems curling up the side issuing a
lotus blossom and leaves, the smoothly polished
stone of a pale celadon tone with patches of
russet coloration and some icy-white inclusions,
wood stand (2)
Width 5⅜ in., 13.6 cm

PROVENANCE
K. Watanabe & Co., Tokyo, 30th August 1952.
$ 20,000-30,000
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K. Watanabe & Co.d؇ԯd1952ϋ8˜30˚

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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘LOTUS’
CARVING
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
naturalistically carved, the lotus pod embedded
with nine undercut circular seeds, borne on a
beribboned stem issuing curling pads and a lotus
bud, the softly polished stone of an even color
with some snow * ake inclusions, wood stand (2)
Width 4 in., 10.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Michael Weisbrod, New York, circa 1980.
See a related carving of a lotus pod sold in these
rooms, 11th-12th September 2012, lot 297;
another with a small frog perching atop, sold in
our London rooms, 9th November 2011, lot 329;
and a third, from the collection of Roger Keverne,
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 5th October 2016,
lot 37.
$ 10,000-15,000
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Michael Weisbroddॲߒdߒ1980ϋ

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