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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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2398 A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE PEBBLE-FORM 2400
AN INSCRIBED PALE GREENISH-GREY AND CARVING A WHITE JADE INSCRIBED PLAQUE
BROWN JADE THUMB RING 18TH-19TH CENTURY 18TH-19TH CENTURY
18TH-19TH CENTURY
One side is incised with a poem describing One side is carved with a scholar reading
The exterior is carved with Ode to a Jade the color and texture of the present jade while seated on a raft amidst a watery
Thumb Ring, an imperial poem by Qianlong, carving. landscape with a pavilion in the background,
followed by a seal, Qian, all between key- 2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high and the reverse is carved with a poetic
fret borders at the rims. The semi-translucent inscription describing the scene and signed
stone has russet-brown veining and markings $8,000-12,000 Zigang, both sides below confronted stylized
throughout. dragons.
1¿ in. (3 cm.) diam., box PROVENANCE: 1¬ in. (4.2 cm.) high

$12,000-18,000 Dragon House, San Francisco. $7,000-9,000

清十八/十九世紀 清十八/十九世紀 Compare the jade plaque, also signed Zigang,
褐青玉刻《詠玉韘》詩文扳指 白玉籽料刻詩文把件 from the Lizzadro Collection, sold at Christie’s
New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1162.

清十八/十九世紀 白玉乘槎圖詩文牌

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