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PROPERTY FROM THE HOBART COLLECTION
529 Y
A RARE INCISED ‘IMMORTAL EMBLEM’ JADEITE BOWL
19th century
Carved with wide flaring sides rising from the well to a lipped rim,
supported on a short slightly flared foot ring, the sides thinly carved
to display the translucency and bright green stone with cloudy white
inclusion and apple-green streaks, the exterior incised with a ribbon-
tied flute repeated four times amid clouds, wood stand.
5 1/2in (14.2cm) diam. (2).
$10,000 - 15,000
十九世紀 翠玉刻暗仙紋盌
Provenance:
Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent
The flute is the symbol of Han Xiangzi, one of the ‘Eight Immortals.’ It is
likely that the present lot was part of a set of eight bowls, each incised
with the symbol of one of the ‘Eight Immortals.’
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