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A JADE AND SILVER-WIRE INLAID HARDWOOD RUYI A MOTTLED GREEN AND LAVENDER JADEITE BRUSH POT
SCEPTER Rendered as a large compressed stalk of bamboo rising from a
19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY group of scholar’s rocks amid other smaller leafy stalks of bamboo
The three ovoid convex jade plaques carved in relief to depict boy supporting groups of perched birds, the stone of light purple hue with
immortals in rocky and cloudy celestial gardens from stone of grayish isolated brilliant patches of apple green, many utilized by the lapidary
white hue, attached to the central stave figured in grain of dense and as the plumage of the birds or sprays of leaves (chipped and repaired).
dark whorl curved in standard shape and inlaid in an intricate ground 9in (23cm) high
of shou characters (repaired).
21 1/4in (54cm) long US$4,000 - 6,000
US$4,000 - 6,000 9252
A LARGE PIECED JADEITE CENSER AND PAGODA-FORM
9249 CENSER
NO LOT The censer carved in high relief and undercut with large loose rings
hanging from the dragon head handles and smaller rings suspended
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS from smaller animal heads on the sides and loops on the reticulated
two-section base, the two-story pagoda cover topped with an
9250 elaborately perforated finial, reticulated bells hanging form the eaves of
A PAIR OF LARGE WOOD-FRAMED JADEITE TABLE SCREENS the curving roofs and loose rings hanging from the balustrade.
Each a thinly sectioned rectangle of opaque white stone mottled 26 7/8in (68cm) height of censer and cover
with veins of bright to dark leaf green, the back finished flat and line- 30 3/8in (77cm) height including lacquered wood stand
incised with a leafy branch and each front carved in rounded relief
with a garden setting, one showing a scholar playing the qin at his US$7,000 - 10,000
study window while glimpsing a beauty standing under a fruit-filled
tree, the other panel showing the two figures standing together to look
at the folding fan he has opened while a young servant lurks in the
background; each jadeite panel set within a lacquered wood frame
with reticulated leaf scroll designs that repeat on the pieced wood
display stand.
22 x 14 1/2in (56 x 37cm) sight dimensions of each panel
38 1/8in (97cm) overall height of wood frame and stand
US$6,000 - 10,000
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