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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
1227
A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1995)
42 (10.6 cm.) diam.
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
Heber Reginald Bishop (1840-1902), New York, and thence by descent within
the family.

A similar white jade circular box, but carved with floral scroll in
Mughal-style, in the Capital Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Gems
of Beijing Cultural Relics Series – Jades, Beijing, 2002, p. 195, no. 228,
where it is noted that it could accommodate a bracelet.
康州私́珍藏
清̖隆 白玉ח仿۵紋‍形盒
(another view)
Ϝ源
Heber Reginald Bishop 1840 1902
, 紐☼, 後於家族ҷ承

1225 (two views)

Property from the Collection of Lady Thomson (Judith Bullitt)
1225
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR
'DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER' PLAQUE
18TH-19TH CENTURY
One side is carved in relief with an excerpt from the 18th-century novel Dream
of the Red Chamber, followed by a signature reading Zigang.
2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Lady Thomson (Judith Bullitt) (1939-2021) Collection, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, by 1981.

Thomson Ḍૈ夫́ Judith Bullitt
珍藏
清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀 白玉̊槎圖た文ḟ
Ϝ源
Thomson Ḍૈ夫́ Judith Bullitt
1939 2021
珍藏, 麻州劍橋

Property from the Collection of Lady Thomson (Judith Bullitt)
1226
A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC 'MYTHICAL BEAST'
PLAQUE
18TH CENTURY
2æ in. (7.1 cm.) long
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Lady Thomson (Judith Bullitt) (1939-2021) Collection, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Thomson Ḍૈ夫́ Judith Bullitt
珍藏
清十Ջˠ紀 白玉仿۵瑞獸飾件
Ϝ源
Thomson Ḍૈ夫́ Judith Bullitt
1939 2021
珍藏, 麻州劍橋
1226
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