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236 | BONHAMS A PALE GREEN JADE VASE AND COVER
19th/20th century
With twin-horned dragon and loose ring handles, and mythical beast
finial, carved to each side with panels of taotie masks and bands of
stiff leaf lappets, wood stand.
17.2cm (6.3/4in) high. (3).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

Provenance
An English private collection, assembled in Hong Kong from 1967-
1989, and thence by descent

584
A PALE GREEN JADE POURING VESSEL
Ming Dynasty
Of square section and standing on a small square foot, the vessel well
hollowed and with a long, straight, semi-cylindrical spout to one side,
the tapering sides decorated with two parallel horizontal grooves, the
pale green stone semi-translucent and with cloudy-white inclusions.
8.2cm (3 1/8in) long

£600 - 800
CNY5,500 - 7,300
HK$6,600 - 8,800

585
A SMALL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU
The flattened pear-shaped vase carved to the exterior with taotie
masks, cicada-form lappets, the narrow neck flanked with two tubular
lug handles, raised on a short foot rim.
10.8cm (4 1/4in)

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000