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3313                                                                George de Menasce䍵啷
                                                                         Spink & Son炻ΐ㔎
     A CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE GUIBI
                                                                         Spink & Son炻˪The George de Menasce Collection, Part I˫炻
     MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)                                            ΐ㔎炻1971⸜炻䶐嘇121

     The stone is carved as a bi disc superimposed on a gui tablet. The
     disc is carved to one side with raised nodes and the other with
     a central medallion surrounded by further raised nodes. The
     gui is carved to one side with a distinct median ridge rising to a
     pointed top. The stone is a of an even pale tone with some russet
     inclusions.
     5 in. (13 cm.) high, box, stand

     HK$400,000-600,000            US$52,000-78,000

     PROVENANCE

     George de Menasce Collection
     Spink & Son Ltd., London

     LITERATURE

     Spink & Son Ltd., The George de Menasce Collection, Part I,
     London, 1971, no. 121

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