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9242 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
TWO MUGHAL STYLE CARVED JADE ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’
DISHES 9245
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY A RUSSET AND WHITE JADE WASHER
Each shallow dish carved with rows of overlapping petals radiating Of circular form with handles carved as elephant heads projecting
from a flower head, the underside similarly decorated with a gently from the concave walls shallowly carved and incised with dragons
curved rim forming the foot, the pale grayish-green stone displaying amid clouds in a band above the tall spreading foot, the translucent
color variations and natural fissure lines. matrix of faint greenish-white hue with contrasting russet veins,
5 1/4in (13.4cm) diameter retaining throughout some natural surface depressions and fissures
(chipped).
US$800 - 1,200 6 5/8in (16.8cm) length across the handles

Provenance US$2,000 - 3,000
acquired from Sotheby’s, by repute
9246
9243 A MUGHAL-STYLE JADE TEAPOT AND COVER
A CARVED SPINACH JADE STAND The body of inverted pear form carved in high relief with shou
Of circular form imitating an open chrysanthemum flower and possibly medallions and composite blossoms amid curling leaves and tendrils
carved in two sections, the raised petals forming the top and short above a band of upright petals along the foot ring, the curves of the
waist that fits over the spreading base of ring shape with scalloped handle repeated in a reticulated bridge joining the spout to the waisted
aprons joining the four curving legs (crack through base). neck, the domed cover topped with a globular finial above a band of
4 1/8in (10.5cm) diameter flower petals and the pale greenish-white matrix showing some cloudy
white inclusions (minor chips).
US$800 - 1,200 5 1/8in (13cm) high

PROPERTY FROM JADESTONE, PORTLAND, OREGON US$3,000 - 5,000

9244 9247
A CARVED JADE SEAL A CELADON JADE CARVING
The pale greenish white matrix of square section with a deeply Carved as two young boys with a broom and water bucket washing
undercut dragon forming the finial, the base incised with six characters the back of an elephant with its head sharply turned to the left and
(chipped). a lingzhi branch held in its trunk; the pale gray-green matrix showing
1 5/8in (4.2cm) high white inclusions.
4in (10cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
US$6,000 - 8,000

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