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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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