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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE COLLECTION                 PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE COLLECTION

A CARVED CELADON JADE ‘MANDARIN                                   A PALE CELADON JADE BOULDER
DUCKS’ GROUP                                                      LATE QING DYNASTY
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
                                                                  carved in high relief as a vertical mountain landscape, one side
the birds swimming end-to-end jointly carrying the stem of        with an immortal and attendant releasing a crane into the sky
a single lotus in their beaks, the ducks and lotus hewn via       amid pines and a pavilion perched in distant peaks, the verso
undercut carving, with the ner details rendered in lower relief,  carved with craggy rocks and foliage, the stone of pale green
the translucent stone of pale celadon green, zitan stand (2)      color with some white and tan inclusions, wood stand (2)
Length 4 in., 10.2 cm                                             Height 6⅛ in., 15.5 cm

PROVENANCE                                                        PROVENANCE

Collection of Charles Hayes Brown (1859-1910), San Francisco,     Collection of Charles Hayes Brown (1859-1910), San Francisco,
California, and thence by descent.                                California, and thence by descent.

$ 3,000-5,000                                                     $ 12,000-15,000
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䌱晽泃泎扄咖㒢ẞ                                                 㶭㛓ġġġ曺䘥䌱晽㜦Ⱉ䍑浜⚾Ⱉ⫸

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