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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1134 AN EMBELLISHED HARDSTONE MODEL OF A TREE IN A SPINACH-GREEN JADE-INSET
CARVED RED LACQUER JARDINIÈRE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Each side of the octagonal jardinière inset with a reticulated spinach-green jade “melon” plaque, with
the fgures of two boys in white jade and several hardstone rocks at the base of the tree, the faux-wood
branches bearing white hardstone “prunus blossoms” embellished with green “buds” and seed pearls
22Ω in. (57.1 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
G. J. Marsh & Co., Monterey, California, 1965.
The Irving Collection, no. 212.
清十九世紀 剔紅嵌碧玉百寶盤景

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