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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘WUFU’ BRUSHREST
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
the oblong stone carved with five bats soaring in every direction, their arced wings and plump bodies overlapping one another in flight creating
a dynamic surface of boldly sweeping curves and the rhythmic rising and falling of high and low relief, the composition unified by the bats’
interwoven wings and the ubiquitous soft polish, the stone an even, translucent pale green color dappled with russet inclusions

十七 / 十八世紀 青玉雕五福筆擱
Length 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm
$ 5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE 來源
The Peking Gallery, Toronto, 2nd March 1976. The Peking Gallery，多倫多，1976年3月2日
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of 羅伯特•楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器·新石器時代至清代》，
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, 芝加哥，2008年，圖版195
pl. 195.

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AN ARCHAISTIC CELADON JADE GUI-FORM CENSER
MING DYNASTY
the globular body carved with vertical ribs and supported on a spreading foot, the sides set with a pair of loop handles each issuing from a beast’s
mask and suspending a shaped tab, the waisted neck punctuated with taotie masks and vertical flanges in high relief against a ground incised with
kuilong, the foot with similar flanges against an incised abstract motif, the stone an even pale green color, wood stand (2)

明 青玉雕獸首紋簋式爐
Width 6 in., 15.2 cm
$ 8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Marchant, London, 20th March 2008. Marchant，倫敦，2008年3月20日

Compare a Ming dynasty celadon jade gui-form censer of comparable design and with the same style of beast-mask handles in the collection
of the Tianjin City Art Museum that is published in Yang Boda, Zhongguo yuqi quan ji [The Complete Compilation of Chinese Jades], vol.2,
Shijiazhuang, 2005, pl. 238; a similar Ming dynasty censer in the collection of the Palace Museum, published in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 182; and two censers of this type attributed to the 13th - 15th
century exhibited in Jade throughout the ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, cat. nos 328-329.

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