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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ACQUIRED IN THE
1950s AND 1960s
(two views)
1007 PROVENANCE:
A HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED PALE CELADON JADE Private English Collection, predominantly acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.
CIRCULAR TABLE SCREEN
19TH-20TH CENTURY
清十九／二十世紀 青白玉嵌寶松下玉兔紋桌屏
The screen is applied to one side with carved lapis lazuli, agate and soapstone
embellishments to depict a scene of two rabbits on a rock beside a pine
tree. The reverse is decorated in gilt with a butterfy beside several tall
chrysanthemum sprays. The stone is of an even tone with some minor pale
streaked inclusions.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diam., wood stand
£4,000-6,000 $6,100-9,100
€5,500-8,100
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