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

Lot 684

A RARE PALE CELADON JADE 'FISH' BRUSHWASHER, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD

A RARE PALE CELADON JADE 'FISH' BRUSHWASHER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
清十八 / 十九世紀 青白玉雕魚藻蓮塘圖洗

of circular section, with shallow sides rising to a gently everted rim, the interior deftly carved in high relief with two carp swimming
vigorously amidst crested waves and waterweed, the exterior carved in low relief with a frieze of lotus blossoms and birds, the
stone an even pale celadon with fine white mottling

Diameter 7⅞ in., 20.1 cm

Provenance
Collection of Major Sir Humphrey Brunel Noble of Ardmore, 4th Bt. (1892-1968).
Collection of Sir John Woolf (1913-1999).
Roger Keverne, London, 2003.

來源
阿德莫爾第四代從男爵 Humphrey Brunel Noble 爵士少校 (1892-1968) 收藏
約翰•伍夫爵士 (1913-1999) 收藏
Roger Keverne，倫敦，2003年

Catalogue Note

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 268/435