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THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
991 ~992
A PAIR OF GREEN JADE BOWLS TWO IMPERIAL GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS 18TH CENTURY
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Both are plaques from jade books. One is incised and gilt on one side with a
Each bowl has rounded sides that rise from the neatly cut ring foot to the front-facing dragon chasing a faming pearl above crested waves and amidst
everted rim. The semi-translucent stone of a slightly grayish soft moss-green cloud swirls, the reverse carved with an inscription in Manchu. The other is
color has some areas of dark mottling. incised and gilt on one side with a pair of dragons chasing a faming pearl
Each: 4æ in. (12 cm.) diam. amidst cloud swirls. The opaque stone is of soft moss-green color with some
(2) paler and darker markings.
$20,000-30,000 11º in. (28.5 cm.) long, hongmu stands
(2)
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE
The Art Institute of Chicago (one with inventory number 5933.31).
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2001, lot 313 (part). PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 25 March 2011, lot 1521 (part). The collection of Ambassador Jacob Gould Schurman (1854-1942), and
清乾隆 碧玉盌一對 六字篆書刻款 thence by descent within the family.
Dr. Schurman served as President of Cornell University (1892-1920),
President of the First Philippine Commission (1899-1900), the United States
Ambassador to Greece and the Balkans (1912-1913, during which time he
wrote the book The Balkan Wars 1912-1913), the United States Envoy to
the Republic of China (1921-1925), and the United States Ambassador to
Germany (1925-1929).
清十八世紀 御製碧玉描金雲龍紋玉版兩件

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