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TWO ARCHAISTIC MOTTLED GREEN
JADE CONG
Possibly Ming Dynasty
The first of small, square proportions, the
stone of a mottled green and russet hue, the
second larger ring of similar colour and carved
with sparse taotie mask designs. The largest:
7.6cm (3in) wide (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000

Provenance
The larger cong: Sydney Moss Ltd. (partial
label)

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A SPINACH GREEN JADE ‘PINE TREE
TRUNK’ VASE
18th/19th century
The flattened vessel carved as a gnarled
trunk issuing pine and prunus branches, a
few lingzhi fungus at the base, the stone of a
mottled green and black hue, the fitted stand
carved in openwork as rockwork with lingzhi
and pine. 11.5cm (4 1/2in) high (2).

£2,000 - 4,000
CNY17,000 - 34,000 HK$20,000 - 40,000

Compare the present lot with a spinach green
jade brushpot, 17th/18th century, in 75th
Anniversary Exhibition of Post Archaic Chinese
Jades from Private Collections, London 2000,
pl. 31; also compare with a similarly carved
agate tree trunk vase, 18th century or earlier,
in the V&A Museum collection, illustrated in
Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, London
1975, pl.489

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