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1676 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PENNSYLVANIA
COLLECTION

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE
MOUNTAIN
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

Carved in high relief, one side depicts a
boy playing a fute while riding a water
buffalo on a path below a scholar who holds
an umbrella as he stands near a pavilion
on a path above. On the reverse, a tree,
highlighted with russet-brown color, grows
from the rocks above the lower path that
continues from the other side.
5Ω in. (14 cm.) wide, wood stand, box

$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

Rare Art, Inc., New York, 2 October 1979.

清 青白玉雕山水人物山子

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PENNSYLVANIA
COLLECTION

1677

A WHITE JADE ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ VASE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The vase is carved in openwork as a leafy,
fowering chrysanthemum stem supporting a
large, hollowed blossom in the center below
two branching stems bearing fowers above,
and two small birds are perched on one side.
The stone is of even white color.
9 in. (23 cm.) high, wood stand, box

$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

Norman Einseiger Collection.
Edward I. Farmer (1872-1942) Collection,
New York.
Rare Art, Inc., New York, 22 March 1979.

清十八/十九世紀 白玉鏤雕菊花式花插

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