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FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2016
AT 2.00 PM (LOTS 1265-1390)
1265 (another view)
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE RETICULATED
‘DRAGON’ FINIAL
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
The fnial is fnely carved in openwork with a fve-clawed, horned
dragon slithering amidst leafy peony stems, its head emerging at
the top. Two bull-nose attachment holes pierce the concave, oblong
base. There are some areas of russet color.
21 in. (5.4 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
Compare two similar fnials, both dated Yuan dynasty, sold at
Christie’s, one in Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3930, the other in
London, 8 November 2013, lot 1229.
元/明 青白玉透雕龍紋爐頂
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