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TWO RUSSET AND GREYISH-GREEN JADE
2414 SEALS
19TH CENTURY
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Each square seal is surmounted by a bearded
chilong standing foursquare. The seal face is
uncarved. The stone is of mottled brownish-
green tone with russet markings.
1Ω in. (4 cm.) high

$5,000-8,000

清十九世紀 灰青玉印兩件

THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND
COLLECTOR
2414
AN INSCRIBED BLACK AND GREENISH-
WHITE JADE BRUSH REST
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The brush rest is carved in the form of
bamboo, with a smaller shoot and leaves, and
an inscription, wen guang she dou, carved on
one side. The other side shows the ‘nodes’ of
the bamboo picked out in black.
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) long

$4,000-6,000

EXHIBITED:

Pasadena, Pacifc Asia Museum, Chinese Jade:
The Image from Within, 1986, cat. no. 135.

LITERATURE:

S. Foster, Chinese Jade: The Image from
Within, 1986, p. 65, no. 135.

The inscription may be translated as ‘May the
brilliance of your literary work shoot down the
big dipper’.

清十八/十九世紀
青白玉「文光射斗」竹節式筆擱