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PROPERTY FROM AN IDAHO PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. PROPERTY FROM AN IDAHO PRIVATE
COLLECTION PETER M. GREINER COLLECTION

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE A CELADON JADE BRUSH WASHER THREE JADE SEALS AND ONE
‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ SEAL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY SOAPSTONE SEAL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH QING DYNASTY AND LATER
CENTURY of ovoid section, the exterior carved to resemble
the irregular surface of a gnarled tree trunk with comprising one white jade seal of rectangular
of triangular section surmounted by a mythical two pine boughs issuing from the rim, one with a section surmounted by a pierced qilin, with a
beast, its face peering out over its sharply turned squirrel scampering among the pine needles, the
body, its tail descending along a corner of the stone with russet staining and opaque milky white ve-character clerical script inscription reading
seal, inscribed with three characters reading Qing inclusions Xue Jingzhi; a square-section seal of celadon and
Shen Qin, the stone translucent pale celadon with Length 3¾ in., 9.5 cm russet jade surmounted by a pierced mythical
striated honey-color inclusions to two sides beast, with a three-character inscription reading
Height 1¾ in., 3.5 cm PROVENANCE Sima zhang (seal of Sima); a square-section
Sotheby’s London, 31st October 1978, lot 2 seal of celadon and russet jade surmounted by a
PROVENANCE (inventory no. J29). coiled serpent with a four-character inscription
Acquired in San Francisco in the 1950s-1960s, reading Qi duan yin feng, pierced; a brown
and thence by descent. $ 2,500-3,500 soapstone square-section seal surmounted by
two mythical beasts, not inscribed (4)
$ 3,000-5,000 㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䌱晽㜦㦩⺷㲿 Height of tallest 2⅞ in., 7.3 cm

㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䌱晽䐆䌠憽⌘ PROVENANCE

⌘㔯烉㶭ヶ⊌ Acquired in San Francisco in the 1950s-1960s,
and thence by descent.

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭⍲ẍ⼴ġġġ䌱⌘ᶱ㕡⍲⢥Ⱉ䞛晽䐆䌠憽⌘㕁

⌘㔯烉啃㔔剅ġ⎠楔䪈ġ℞㕟⯡ᷘ

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