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A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE EWER 十七世紀 青玉帶皮雕螭龍耳匜
(YI), 17TH CENTURY
來源
wood stand (2)
Width 6½ in., 16.5 cm Louis Joseph, Ltd.，倫敦，1960至1985年（傳）
Herbert Lobl 伉儷收藏
PROVENANCE
展覽
Louis Joseph, Ltd., London, 1960-1985 (by repute). 《The Lobl Collection of Chinese Jades》，馬錢特，倫
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lobl.
敦，2020年，編號19
EXHIBITED
The Lobl Collection of Chinese Jades, Marchant, 2020, cat.
no. 19.
The form of the present vessel, known as an yi or gong, is
derived from archaic bronze wine vessels first attested in
the early Western Zhou dynasty. Compare another jade
vessel of this form with a dragon similarly going through the
handle, illustrated in Geoffrey Wills, Jades of the East, New
York, 1972, pl. 105; and another, without a dragon, from
the collection of Humphrey K. F. Hui, included in Virtuous
Treasures. Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, Museum
and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong 2008, cat, no. 13.
⊖ $ 20,000-30,000

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A SMALL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE LIBATION 宋至明初 白玉雕仿古瑞獸紋螭耳盃
CUP, SONG - EARLY MING DYNASTY
來源
Width 2¾ in., 7 cm
英國私人收藏

PROVENANCE
English Private Collection.
⊖ $ 10,000-15,000

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