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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE HON. MRS. CLIVE BEHRENS,
FORMERLY THE HON. EVELINA ROTHSCHILD (LOTS 52-57)

52 The pale colour of the stone is highlighted by the exquisite thinness of the
carved jade, with the archaic design as a subtle highlight. A zhadou with
A WHITE JADE ZHADOU an archaistic design can be found in the Palace Collection in Beijing, as
18TH-19TH CENTURY illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasure of the Palace Museum,
Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 239, plate 195.
The thinly-hollowed elegantly-formed vessel is carved in low relief with taotie
masks to the compressed globular body, just below a band of stif leaves A similar white jade zhadou with archaistic designs dated to the Qianlong
radiating from the shoulder. The jade is of an even pale tone with white veins. Period was sold at Christie’s London, 4 November 2008, lot 6. A Mughal-
4¬ in. (12 cm.) diam. style celadon jade zhadou and cover dating to the 18th-19th century was sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3987.
£10,000-15,000 $15,000-21,000
€13,000-19,000 清十八/十九世紀 白玉饕餮紋渣斗

PROVENANCE:

Acquired by the Hon. Mrs. Clive Behrens’ son, Jack Behrens, in Asia prior to
1934.

來源: 英國貴族Hon. Mrs. Clive Behrens (Hon. Evelina
Rothschild)私人珍藏，由Hon. Mrs. Clive Behrens之子Jack
Behrens先生於1934年前購自亞洲

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