Page 93 - Bonhams Chinese Works of Art December 2014

8183

8184

8183
A spinach jade deep dish
Qianlong mark
Carefully carved with a wide curving well and a flared rim supported
on a well-cut foot ring bearing the six-character mark engraved in
seal script to the recessed base, the pale leaf-green matrix displaying
some cloudy white inclusions and natural hairline fissures.
6 3/4in (17cm) diameter
$1,200 - 2,000

8184
An olive green jade covered vessel
Late Qing/Republic period
The tall square vessel tapering slightly outward from a galleried base
and carved with a central band of dissolved leiwen patterns set
between spacious C-comma bands, all enclosed in key-fret borders at
the base and rim, set off at one side by a vertical handle with a stylized
taotie crest, and fitted with a conforming cover, the stone a pale even
olive green color.
5 3/4 in (14.6cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000

Property from the Private Collection of
Dr. Ivan Szekely

8185
A green jade tablet, gui
18th century
Carved as a large archaistic bi disc with raised C-scrolls and ruyi
heads to one side, reversed with taotie masks, flanked by a beveled
blade incised with mountains soaring from crashing waves, and a star
constellation at the compass point; the rich green stone displaying
various shades.
11 7/8in (30.2cm) long
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance 8185
acquired 25th September 1974, from René Kitchen Ltd., London 1974

FINE Chinese Works of Art | 91