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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ACQUIRED IN THE
1950s AND 1960s
1010 PROVENANCE:
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘LOTUS AND DUCK’ WASHER Private English Collection, predominantly acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.
LATE 18TH CENTURY
A white jade ‘lotus’ washer of very similar design and almost identical size
清十八世紀末 青白玉荷葉式洗 to the current washer, dating to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) is in the Qing
Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
The washer is carved and pierced as a large lotus leaf growing from a network Palace Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 62, no. 50.
of entwined stems, with various fowers and buds growing to the sides and two
ducks perched upon the leaf. The stone is of an even pale tone with a few minor
streaked inclusions.
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide, wood stand
£15,000-20,000 $23,000-30,000
€21,000-27,000
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