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A fine greenish-white jade boulder
88 | BONHAMS 18th/19th century
Carved to display soaring mountains with rugged surfaces, with rivers
meandering in the valley, pines and auspicious lingzhi fungus issuing
from rocks, one side depicting three sages standing on promontories,
the reverse carved with two elegant cranes; the greenish white stone
with icy-white inclusions.
5 1/8in (13cm) high
$8,000 - 12,000
8178
A fine jadeite covered bowl in in the form of a melon
Republic period
Its thinly sectioned walls formed in six lobes deeply undercut from
an elaborate network of vines supporting leaves, blossoms, fruit
and various animals including rabbits, a squirrel, birds and various
insects, the conforming domed cover reticulated en suite; the
translucent pale green matrix suffused with pale lavender patches
and marked with icy inclusions, emerald green veins and variegated
russet areas used for the animals.
7in (18cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance
purchased in San Francisco before 1978
A similar carving of a melon surrounded by reticulated vines, flowers
and insects in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
is published in Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early 20th
Century, 2007, p. 301, no. 345, also as Republic period.
