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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 清十八世紀
AN EXCEPTIONAL, LARGE AND RARE WHITE 白玉浮雕螭龍鳳凰活環耳花插
JADE ARCHAISTIC CYLINDRICAL EWER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 來源：
Henry Price 爵士（1877-1963年）收藏，威克赫斯特，
the substantial boulder well hollowed into a thick-walled
cylindrical vessel resting on four ruyi-shaped feet, rising to 英格蘭
a gently everted rim, the straight sides set with a handle 倫敦蘇富比2000年11月22日，編號354
carved in openwork with a clambering chilong, its sinuous
body lancing between two squared scrolls, with the head
perched atop the rim, clutching in its mouth a spray of
flowering lotus, opposite a swooping phoenix just under
the flared spout on the other side of the rim, the mythical
bird skilfully worked with its wings wide stretched and finely
detailed with exuberant feathers, its head bent downwards
towards a loop suspending a loose ring, the exterior
encircled by a band of stylised archaistic taotie masks
between horizontal fillets, the stone of an even pale celadon
tone with occasional russet flecks
18.7 cm, 7⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Sir Henry Price (1877-1963), Wakehurst Place,
England.
Sotheby’s London, 22nd November 2000, lot 354.
HK$ 1,500,000-2,500,000
US$ 192,000-319,000

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