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

Lot 672

AN APPL E - GREEN JADEITE FIGURE OF A STANDING MEIREN, LATE QING DYNASTY
Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD

AN APPLE-GREEN JADEITE FIGURE OF A STANDING MEIREN
LATE QING DYNASTY
清末 翠玉雕美人立像

the slender body draped in long robes fluttering at the sleeves and hem and framed by upswept sashes, each arm crossing in front
of the body with the proper left hand tucked behind the opposite sleeve and the proper right hand lifted and holding a small ewer,
the oval face bowed slightly and framed by long hair pulled into a high chignon, a phoenix perched on rockwork to either side of the
figure, the stone a bright apple-green with passages of icy white

Height 13⅞ in., 35.2 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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