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A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE POURING VESSEL, YI

青白玉仿古匜

The yi is supported on four lion-head feet and is carved to the body with a stylised band of archaistic kui
dragons. The handle is carved with a mythical beast head and a further mythical animal with a loose ring
below the spout. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with a few minor areas of russet inclusion.

6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) wide

£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100

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TWO PALE CELADON JADE BRUSH WASHERS
18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 青白玉荷葉形洗及花卉紋洗一組兩件

One brush washer is carved in the form of a lotus leaf growing beside a lotus fower and pod with several
curled stems forming the foot. The stone is of an even pale tone. The other washer is carved in the form of a
begonia fower growing from a leafy stem, with a dragonfy to one side. The stone is of an even pale tone.

The largest, 3Ω in. (8.9 cm.) wide, one wood stand (2)

£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800

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