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Property from a Prominent San Francisco Collector 7002
A greenish-white jade ‘mythical bird’ vase
7001 19th century
A greenish-white jade flattened baluster vase Crisply carved as a baluster vase with archaistic lappets incised
Late Qing/Republic period beneath a band of medallions on the neck, the vase supported on the
The pale green stone carved as a flattened baluster vase with a back of an archaistic mythical bird with head held proudly aloft and a
smooth, softly polished body embellished by reticulated archaistic spout carved from its upturned beak, the neck encircled by a similar
scroll handles, the vase flanked on one side by a crane perched on band of archaistic medallions and the wings with a stylized animal
pierced rockwork gripping a fruiting peach branch in its beak, and head, the boldly stylized tail feathers sweeping upwards beside the
on the other side with further rockwork issuing a twisting branch of vase and downwards between the clawed feet, the softly gleaming
flowering prunus; mounted on a hanging stand. stone with some cloudy inclusions.
5 1/8in (13cm) high 6in (15.2cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000 $5,000 - 7,000

7003
A white jade rhyton cup and cover
20th century
The gleaming white stone deeply hollowed into a vessel and very
crisply carved on the exterior beneath the pouring spout with a
bearded mythical beast with long intricately scrolling and flaring wings
opposite the reticulated stylized scroll handle, the cover similarly
carved with a mythical beast head.
3 3/4in (9.5cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

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