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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ACQUIRED IN THE
1950s AND 1960s

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A LARGE GREEN AND RUSSET JADEITE ‘CRAB AND DUCK’ WASHER
19TH CENTURY

清十九世紀 青玉帶皮和諧紋洗

The washer is intricately carved and pierced in the form of a large lotus leaf growing from a beribboned
stem, with a crab to the interior, clasping a millet stem in its claws, the other end of which is held by a duck
perched on the side. Another duck rests on the opposite side, beside a dragonfy. The stone is of an even
pale green tone, with small areas of russet inclusions cleverly picked out in the carving.

10æ in. (27.4 cm.) wide, fnely carved wood stand

£30,000-50,000 $46,000-76,000
€41,000-68,000

PROVENANCE:

Property of a Gentleman.
Christie’s London, 19 July 1965, Lot 129.
Private English Collection, predominantly acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.

來源：英國私人珍藏
於1965年7月19日倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品第129號