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A SMALL ARCHAISTIC JADEITE VASE AND COVER AND A
SPINACH GREEN JADE VASE AND COVER
19th century
The first of baluster form, carved with taotie mask motifs and rope
twist borders, the neck flanked with buffalo head handles suspending
loose rings, the domed lid with a foliate finial, together with the
original chain, wood stand; the second miniature vase with Mughal-
style foliate patterns, with loose-ring elephant head handles, integral
stand and matching cover. The largest: 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high (6).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
778
A LARGE CARVED LAPIS LAZULI BOULDER
19th century
Naturalistically carved as a pine tree-covered mountain with a
bending river leading to its depth and pagodas and pavilions, the
stone of greenish-blue tone with rich purplish-blue highlights suffused
with gold speckles and faint mottling, wood stand.
32.5cm (12 3/4in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan was valued for its beautiful colour and
the sparkle of gold from the pyrite inclusions. Compare with a related
lapis lazuli carved boulder, Qianlong, illustrated in Later Chinese
Jade: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century: From the Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p.308, no.354. See
also a related lapis lazuli mountain, 18th/19th century, illustrated in
The Tata Collection of Chinese Antiquities in the Chhatrapati Shivaji 778
Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum
of Western India), Mumbai, 2002, p.93, no.63.

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