Page 100 - Bonhams Chinese Works of Art December 2014

8200
A celadon jade lidded jar with archaistic decoration
Qing dynasty
Of archaic lei form, raised on a narrow square foot and delicately
carved in relief with a taotie mask below the shoulder suspending a
row of vertical blades carved as cicadas, all below a bovine mask
worked in relief on the front and back of the plain shoulder and neck
and set off by a pair of elaborate geometric handles under a saw-tooth
band along the rim and fitted with a conforming cover, the stone a
pale greenish-white color.
8 3/4in (22.3cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000

8201
A jade lotus-form teapot
Surmounted by a fitted lid of stylized leaf form atop sides carved to
depict the numerous petals of a lotus blossom, each petal displaying
an additional incised lotus blossom beneath a shou character,
separating a makara-head spout and cloud and smoke incised
handle, all raised above a waisted foot rim encircling a tiered recessed
base to the underside, carved of stone in gray-green hue with notable
cloudy and russet inclusions.
4 1/2in (11.3cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000

8202
A jade hair pin
18th/19th century
The slender tapering shaft terminating with pierced and deeply
undercut flowering branches and exotic long-tailed birds; the white
stone marked with russet spots.
6 1/4in (15.9cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
ex Mary Morrison Collection, Vancouver, BC, Canada

8203
A pale greenish-white jade hairpin, bianfang
18th/19th century
Of thin spatulate form terminating with a C-hook at one end, the celadon-
tinged stone with icy-white inclusions, and polished to a soft luster.
9in (22.7) long
$1,000 - 1,500

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