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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN
BELVEDERE, CALIFORNIA,
THENCE BY DESCENT TO THE PRESENT OWNER

8075 8076
A MOTTLED GREEN JADEITE CENSER AND COVER
18th/19th century
Carved in rounded relief with animal heads above two loop handles
supporting loose rings and repeated as part of each low foot, the
taotie mask band along the compressed globular body repeated on
the domed cover with a dragon finial and accessory loops supporting
loose rings, the thinly sectioned and translucent matrix varying in
color from pale to dark sea green with a russet vein along a natural
hairline fissure incorporated into the raised relief design on one side;
reticulated wood stand.
4 7/8in (12.3cm) length across the handles
6 1/4in (16cm) height overall including wood stand

$3,000 - 5,000

十八或十九世紀 玉 紋

PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER

8076
A CARVED NEPHRITE BEAST-FORM PLAQUE
Qing dynasty
Reticulated in irregularly ovoid section to depict an archaistic avian
creature biting at its curled tail, adorned in shallow raised relief in
incised details and carved from stone of greenish gray highlighted
by prominent veins of russet.
4 1/2in (11.5cm) wide

$3,000 - 5,000

清 青玉雕 紋牌

Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd. London, 11 August 1969, as Zhou dynasty

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