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A fine jadeite carving of a beauty
Late Qing/Republic period
The large stone of mottled green and white streaked with brighter apple-green inclusions,
exquisitely carved as a refined lady with a hair tied in a high chignon and long, flowing robes
tied with a tasseled ribbon, holding aloft a flower vase incised with a lotus, the elegant figure
standing beside Lake Tai rock-work issuing peony buds and blossoms and lingzhi fungus
heads and sheltering beside a tall plantain with luxuriantly spreading fronds; mounted on a
wire-inlaid wood stand.
13 1/2in (34.3cm) high
$20,000 - 30,000
Provenance
acquired in 1966 as per acquisition number 1966.2286.3
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