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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN DYNASTY: THE CLARK FAMILY TREASURES PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
~1093 ~1094
A GREENISH-WHITE JADE DISH AN EMBELLISHED ZITAN DOUBLE-GOURD-SHAPED PLAQUE
18TH CENTURY 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The dish has shallow, rounded sides faring to the slightly everted rim, and is The wan diaper-carved background of the zitan plaque is applied on the
raised on a ring foot. The semi-translucent stone is of greenish-white tone with upper bulb with the Eight Daoist Emblems surrounding a gilt-bronze plaque
some paler inclusions. centered by a white jade da character encircled by enameled foliate scroll,
9º in. (23.4 cm.) diam., hongmu stand while the lower bulb has the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) surrounding a
white jade convex plaque carved with shuangxi (double happiness) characters.
$20,000-30,000 The two bulbs are separated by a jade bi tied to gilt-bronze tasseled cords
held in the mouths of two gilt-bronze carp that fank the sides. The whole
For a similar jade dish in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco see M. is surmounted by fve white jade bats (wufu) suspending a ribbon-tied shou
Knight, He Li and T. Bartholomew, Chinese Jades, Ming Dynasty to the character, and peaches, applied to a background of scrolling clouds that
Twentieth Century From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, p. 127, continue onto the back.
no. 109, where it is noted that such jade dishes were inspired by imperial 22 in. (56 cm.) high, stand
monochrome porcelain examples created during the reigns of the Qing-
dynasty Emperors Kangxi (1662-1722), Yongzheng (1723-1735) and Qianlong $18,000-25,000
(1736-1795).
清十八世紀 青白玉盤 PROVENANCE
Acquired in Japan in the 1960s, and thence by descent within the family.
清十八/十九世紀 紫檀鑲嵌「五福捧壽連年有餘」葫蘆形座屏
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this particular lot is in reference only to the
accompanying wood stand for the lot. Please
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