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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 662

A GRAYISH- CELADON JADE GUI TABLET, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD

A GRAYISH-CELADON JADE GUI TABLET
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 灰青玉雕趕珠龍紋圭璧

in the form of a bi disc set against a vertical shaft with a pointed tip, one side of the disc covered with raised bosses, the opposite
side carved with a pair of dragons contesting a 'Flaming Pearl', the animals' bodies descending along the sides of the disc, their
bifurcated tails forming openwork loops to either side of the tablet, a constellation at the center of the tablet, the stone a mottled
pale gray-green tone with russet veins, wood stand (2)

Height 9 in., 22.9 cm

Provenance
Collection of Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918).
American Art Association, New York, 27th January 1919, lot 188.
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) 收藏
美國藝術聯盟，紐約，1919年1月27日，編號188
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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