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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A AN INSCRIBED PALE CELADON JADE SMALL SQUARE BOX
MYTHICAL BEAST AND COVER
19th Century Yongzheng mark, Qing Dynasty
The crouching beast carved with upturned ears, its head turned to the The box and cover with rounded canted corners, the very slightly
left over its front paws, the spine curving towards the haunches and domed cover engraved with two couplets of five-characters followed
the tail tucked underneath, the pale stone with some russet streaks by the seal wen wan, with a similarly canted square foot and recessed
and darker inclusions. base centered by the raised Yongzheng four-character mark on a
2 3/4in (7cm) long scoured square ground.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) across
$2,000 - 3,000
$2,500 - 3,000
十九世紀 褐斑青玉祥獸擺件
清 青玉刻詩文盒蓋 《雍正年製》款
The present lot is carved in a Ming style but can be more closely
related to another beast dated to the 19th century in the collection of The two couplets of five-characters reads mo yan xian chu le, you shi
the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: see Michael Knight, He Li and bu xiang rao which can be translated as: ‘Don’t assume happiness in
Terese Tse Bartholomew, Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early the leisurely place, serene things are not always plentiful’.
Twentieth Century, San Francisco, p. 78, no. 55.

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