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A RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘LOTUS AND FISH’
OPENWORK PLAQUE
Jin/Yuan Dynasty
Of oblong form, exquisitely carved with openwork designs depicting
a curling fish swimming in a lotus pond surrounded by entwined leafy
stems and curling leaves, the stone of pale green tone highlighted with
russet inclusions.
9.3cm (3 2/8in) wide.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

金/元 青白玉鏤雕蓮塘紋牌

A related green and russet jade fish and lotus plaque, Ming dynasty,
in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in the Compendium of
Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 6, Beijing, 2011, no.141.

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A PALE GREEN JADE ARTICULATED ‘PHOENIX’ CARVING Compare with two related jade ‘phoenix’ hair ornaments, Song
Ming Dynasty dynasty, illustrated by J.Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the
Exquisitely carved with sharp beak and incised almond-shaped eyes, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, p.63, nos.37-38; another example,
with undulating tail feathers, the long wings attached with wire, the Ming dynasty, is illustrated in Chinese Jade: An Important Private
stone of even pale-green tone. Collection, Spink & Son exhibition, London, 1991, no.119; and a Yuan
5.5cm (2 1/4in) long. dynasty example is illustrated by A.Forsyth and B.McElney, Jades from
China, Bath, 1994, no.257.
£600 - 800
CNY5,400 - 7,200

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明 玉雕鳳凰

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