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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 657

A PALE CELADON JADE BOWL AND RETICUL ATED COVER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH / 20TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 USD

A PALE CELADON JADE BOWL AND RETICULATED COVER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY
清十九 / 二十世紀 青玉雕蓮紋蓋盌 《大清乾隆年製》仿款

the bowl with deep rounded sides gently flaring at the rim set over a low stepped foot, the exterior carved in relief with a
continuous band of blossoming lotus divided by leaves all between a band of petals below and a band of pendent ruyi heads above,
a low-relief band of prunus and bamboo at the interior rim, the base incised with an apocryphal six-character Qianlong seal mark,
the domed cover similarly decorated but with the bands of lotus and petals executed in openwork, the circular knop enclosing a
central seal with an apocryphal Qianlong mark framed by openwork scroll, the stone a very pale translucent celadon with gray
veining (2)

Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.5 cm

Provenance
Yamanaka and Co.
American Art Association, New York, 22nd January 1918, lot 136 (part lot).
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
山中商會
美國藝術聯盟，紐約，1918年1月22日，編號136（其一）
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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