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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL PALE GREEN
JADE WINE VESSELS, JUE
Incised Qianlong four-character marks and of the period
Superbly carved after the archaic bronze jue vessel, each lustrous
translucent stone exquisitely carved in relief with two friezes enclosing
confronted archaistic dragon and phoenix, the reverse with a taotie
mask, all reserved on a leiwen ground divided by notched flanges,
rising from three blade-form supports enriched with taotie motifs to
a flared spouted mouth, the rim surmounted by two mythical beasts
and a pair of mushrooms, the flat-back vessels when positioned back
to back forming the shape of a complete double-spouted jue vessel,
wood stands and box.
Each 13cm (5in) high (5).

HK$3,000,000 - 5,000,000
US$380,000 - 640,000

清乾隆 青白玉雙合爵一對
陰刻「乾隆年製」四字隸書款

Provenance:
A Greek private collection, Athens, formed in the 1950s/60s,
and thence by descent
Bonhams London, 5 November 2009, lot 243

來源：
希臘雅典私人收藏，蒐集於1950至1960年代，並由其家族繼承
倫敦邦瀚斯，2009年11月5日，拍品編號243

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