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PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
922
TWO JADE ARCHAISTIC TABLE ARTICLES
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
One is a mottled grey jade cup with shallow, rounded sides carved on each side with rows
of small bosses centered by a whorl-motif medallion and fanked by a pair of loop handles
with a fat top and small angular hook at the bottom. The other is a small ‘chicken bone’
jade bixie-form water pot, with two horns swept back to the opening in the back and with
a bifurcated tail. The base is carved with two characters, lu fu, in a panel, and the bottoms
of the feet are notched.
48 and 2æ in. (12.5 and 7 cm.) wide (2)
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE
William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia, acquired prior to 1971.
EXHIBITED
On loan: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1973 to September 1980.
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