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AN ARCHAISITC PALE GREEN JADE A GREEN JADE MOUNTAIN
‘DRAGON’ VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of irregular form, carved in high relief to one
of quadrangular zun form, carved in low relief side with Liu Hai perched on a high rocky
with a stylized taotie to the central bulb, set ledge above a pine tree, clasping a string
to one side with a pierced handle entwined of coins in one hand as he peers down at a
with a dragon clambering up over the rim, the three-legged toad emerging from the waters
other side carved in openwork with a chilong in below, framed by layers of rockwork continuing
pursuit of a ‘Flaming Pearl’, wood stand (2) over sides and reverse, incised with a four-
Height 6⅛ in., 15.5 cm character inscription changong zhegui (picking
osmanthus flowers in the Moon Palace), pale
PROVENANCE green stone with opaque white inclusions, wood
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11th-12th stand (2)
January 1949, lot 281. Height 9 in., 22.7 cm
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13th
November 1970, lot 136. PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927- Lizzadro Collection, acquired prior to 1960.
2020). Christie’s New York, 21st March 2013, lot 842.
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-
EXHIBITED 2020).
Canadian International Trade Fair, Toronto,
1948. $ 8,000-12,000
$ 20,000-30,000 清十九世紀 青玉雕蟾宮折桂圖
山子
清十九世紀 青玉雕仿古饕餮螭
龍紋尊 題識：
蟾宮折桂
來源
Parke-Bernet Galleries，紐約，1949年1月11 來源
至12日，編號281 Lizzadro 收藏，得於1960年之前
Parke-Bernet Galleries，紐約，1970年11月 紐約佳士得2013年3月21日，編號842
13日，編號136 Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏
Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏

展覽
加拿大國際展銷會，多倫多，1948年

116 SOTHEBY’S COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N10644 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALLEN O. BATTLE, PH.D 117