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1048 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MON LING YU
LANDEGGER
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112 SOTHEBY’S A PAIR OF COPPER MOUNTED PALE CELADON
JADE ‘LONGEVITY’ PLAQUES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each of lingzhi form, relief carved with a zhadou-form ower
basket with a lobed gallery and double handles, lled with lingzhi,
peach, narcissus, and bamboo, the basket raised on a wood stand
beside a tassled ruyi scepter, the plaques mounted as bookends
in repoussé copper (2)
Width 5½ in., 14 cm

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䘥䌱晽剅ẁ䤅⢥䲳䇴㓡墅㚠㑳ᶨ⮵

1048

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MRS. WILLIARD LAMB VELIE

AN ENAMELED SILVER AND JADE HAND
MIRROR
THE JADE: QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY
THE SILVER AND ENAMELS: QING DYNASTY,
19TH CENTURY

the frame with inset raised enamels depicting phoenix and
butter y amidst owering peony against a stippled ground, a
pale-celadon jade belt hook carved as a dragon with two chilong
mounted for a handle
Length 14 in., 35.6 cm
The jade in overall good condition with scattered opaque
inclusions, and minor abrasions to the stone. The frame with
minor casting aws, enamel losses, touch-ups, and areas of
compression and dents.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Mrs. Willard Velie (1866-1961), Illinois, acquired in
Beijing circa 1900, and thence by descent. Mrs. Velie was the
granddaughter of the great American industrialist, John Deere,
founder of Deere & Co. (1804-1886).

$ 3,000-5,000

䌱烉㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨
戨偶䏢䐗烉㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ戨偶䏢䐗搚䌱ⷞ戌㝬ㇳ掉

1049

PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF LOTUS PAD FORM JADEITE DISHES
LATE QING DYNASTY / EARLY REPUBLIC
PERIOD

formed in complementary shapes, each dish naturalistically
rendered with furled edges and incised lines articulating the veins
on the underside of the ‘pads’, the tops polished smooth, the
translucent white stone dappled with apple-green and russet, with
later-added ormolu mounts (2)
Length 10½ in., 26.7 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭㛓ġİġ㮹⇅ġġġ侉侈匟叱⼊㶢䚌ᶨ⮵