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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH
COLLECTION (LOTS 125-132)
~125
A VERY LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE
JADE TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
The vase is carved to one side of the body with
a phoenix in fight above leafy bamboo sprigs
growing from rocks and to the other side with
fruiting peach branches below a bat. The neck is
fanked by a pair S-form loop handles with loose
rings and the cover is carved with bats amidst
scrolling clouds. The stone is of a pale tone with
some minor creamy white and streaked inclusions.
16Ω in. (41.9 cm.) high
£20,000-30,000 US$25,000-37,000
€23,000-34,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Mr. H. Whitaker.
EXHIBITED:
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of
Chinese Art, 1915.
LITERATURE:
Burlington Fine Arts Club, Catalogue of a
Collection of Objects of Chinese Art, London, 1915,
no. 18.
清十九世紀 青白玉福壽紋雙活環耳
大蓋瓶
來源:
H. Whitaker先生珍藏
英國私人珍藏
倫敦1915年Burlington Fine Arts Club展覽
Exhibition of Chinese Art
倫敦1915年Burlington Fine Arts Club, Catalogue of
a Collection of Objects of Chinese Art, 18號
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