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A WHITE JADE ‘PEACH AND BATS’ GROUP A PAIR OF AMBER ‘BUDDHIST LION’ SEALS
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
finely carved, comprised of a large ripe peach borne on a each of square section with the finial carved as a recumbent
gnarled branch issuing unfurling leaves and a further smaller Buddhist lion, the material a translucent golden honey tone
peach, a bat with wings spread on one side, the white stone (2)
with faint milky white veining, boxwood-inlaid wood stand (2) Height of larger 2 in., 5 cm
Width 2⅜ in., 6.1 cm
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Mathias Komor, New York, 7th September 1948.
Yamanaka & Co., New York, 11th December 1960. Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-2020).
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-2020).
$ 6,000-8,000
$ 6,000-8,000
清十八世紀 琥珀雕瑞獸鈕印料一對
清乾隆 白玉雕福壽雙全把件
來源
來源 Mathias Komor，紐約，1948年9月7日
山中商會，紐約，1960年12月11日 Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏
Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏

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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘PRAYING MANTIS’
A PALE GREEN JADE ‘PEACH’ GROUP DOUBLE BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD QING DYNASTY
well carved as two peaches issuing from an openwork leafy deftly carved in high relief and openwork, the box in the form
branch, the gnarled branch naturalistically rendered with of two gourds issuing from a gnarled stalk with furled leaves
177 bumpy knots and delicately furling leaves, the softly polished and curling tendrils, the cover detailed with a praying mantis 179
stone an even pale celadon with fine milky-white striations atop a large leaf, the stone of a pale celadon color, wood
and faint russet veining cleverly worked into the contours of stand (3)
the design Length 6½ in., 16.5 cm
Width 2½ in., 6.5 cm
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE R. Bensabott, Chicago, 10th July 1953.
Reeds Antiques, Michigan, June 1965. Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-2020).
Midwestern Private Collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 20th March 2012, lot 222.
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-2020). $ 6,000-8,000

$ 4,000-6,000 清 青玉雕瓜瓞螳螂蓋盒
來源
清乾隆 青玉雕壽桃把件
R. Bensabott，芝加哥，1953年7月10日
Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏
來源
Reeds Antiques，密西根，1965年6月
中西部私人收藏
紐約蘇富比2012年3月20日，編號222
Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏

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112 SOTHEBY’S COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N10644 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALLEN O. BATTLE, PH.D 113