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

Lot 665

A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE 'LONGEVITY' WASHER, MING DYNASTY
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE 'LONGEVITY' WASHER
MING DYNASTY
明 青玉鏤雕花形洗

the floriform basin with deep rounded sides modeled as overlapping petals, surrounded all around by an intricate network of
interlacing peach branches issuing gently curling leaves, fully open blossoms and new buds, a ripe peach suspended from a
slender limb at one side, sprigs of lingzhi emerging within the tangled network, the stone a pale greenish-beige color with icy
passages, wood stand (2)

Length 8 in., 20.3 cm

Provenance
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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