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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ACQUIRED IN THE
1950s AND 1960s
1002 PROVENANCE:
A CELADON JADE ‘FLOWER AND CRANE’ WASHER Property of Mrs Raymond Burton.
19TH CENTURY Christie’s London, 1 June 1965, lot 92.
Private English Collection, predominantly acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.
清十九世紀 青玉瑞鶴靈芝紋洗
來源:英國Mrs Raymond Burton舊藏
The washer is carved and pierced in the form of a fower head growing from
an intricate network of leafy stems with several smaller buds. Two cranes are 於1965年6月1日倫敦佳士得拍賣， 拍品第92號
perched at opposite sides, one clasping a lingzhi sprig in its beak. The stone is
of a pale celadon tone with some minor streaked inclusions.
6¡ in. (16.2 cm.) wide
£4,000-6,000 $6,100-9,100
€5,500-8,100
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