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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ACQUIRED IN THE
1950s AND 1960s
1006
1006 PROVENANCE:
A PALE CELADON JADE GLOBULAR ‘DRAGON’ VASE AND Christie’s London, 4 July 1966, lot 139.
COVER Private English Collection, predominantly acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.
18TH-19TH CENTURY
來源:於1966年7月4日倫敦佳士得拍賣,拍品第139號
清十八/十九世紀 青白玉雲龍趕珠紋小蓋瓶
The design of dragons chasing faming pearls seen on the current jar is
The jar is intricately carved and pierced around the exterior with four sinuous exceptionally intricately rendered with deeply pierced and carved scrolling
chilong crouching upon scrolling clouds, contesting two faming pearls. The clouds and incredibly fne dragons’ whiskers and horns. Compare this style of
domed cover is carved with a further coiled chilong. The stone is of very pale carving to a similar ‘dragon and pearl’ design on a white jade vase from the
even tone with a few minor mottled inclusions to the base. Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
The Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), p. 75, no. 63.
4Ω in. (11.4 cm.) wide, wood stand
£15,000-20,000 $23,000-30,000
€21,000-27,000
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