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A SMALL WHITE JADE MUGHAL-
STYLE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The top of the cover is well carved in low
relief with a stylized fower head composed
of eight slender radiating stems, four
terminating in a fower fanked by leaves.
The thin walls are translucent.
2 in. (5.2 cm.) diam.
$10,000-15,000
清十八世紀 白玉花卉紋小蓋盒
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION,
WASHINGTON D.C.
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A PAIR OF SMALL WHITE
JADE CUPS
18TH CENTURY
Each has deep, rounded sides that rise
from the neatly cut ring foot to the slightly
everted rim. The well-polished, semi-
translucent stone is of even white color.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) diam. (2)
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Private American collection, acquired in the
late 19th/early 20th century.
清十八世紀 白玉撇口小盃一對
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