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PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO
COUPLE
568 Y
TWO GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC CUPS
The smaller, Ming dynasty, of inverted bell form with
flared walls tapering toward the lip grasped by two
undercut horned beast-form handles, the matrix of
translucent gray-green with cloudy white and faint
gray inclusions; the larger, 19th century, of cylindrical
form tapering sharply inward above a tall foot ring,
the handle undercut as a dragon crawling up the
exterior walls encircled with successive bands of
taotie masks, dragons facing whorl roundels and
cicadas, the stone of pale olive green tone with
russet staining; the smaller of inverted bell form with
flared walls tapering toward the lip grasped by two
undercut horned beast-form handles, the matrix of
translucent gray-green with cloudy white and faint
gray inclusions, two wood stands and a cover.
The larger 3 7/8in (9.7cm) high (5).
$3,000 - 5,000

明/十九世紀 青玉雕仿古紋盃兩件

Provenance:
A San Francisco Couple

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR.
DEAN EDELL

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568 TWO JADE ‘CHILONG’ CARVINGS
Qing dynasty or earlier
The first a flattened pebble of irregular oval
silhouette, deeply undercut as a young dragon
grasping a twisting lingzhi branch with delicately
incised details, the pale grayish white stone
enlivened with russet dark gray patches along the
edges; the second an oval pendant reticulated as a
dragon resting its head on its upraised tail, the outer
edges of the loop subtly contoured with the beast’s
backbone that coincides partly with pale golden
veins and natural fissure lines in the pale greenish-
white stone.
2 1/4 and 2 1/2in (5.8 and 6.5cm) long (2).

$6,000 - 8,000

清或更早 玉雕螭龍紋把件兩件

Provenance:
Dr. Dean Edell

Exhibited:
The oval pendant: “Treasures of the Chinese
Nobility”, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, May-
September, 1997

Published:
Christopher Randall, The Brush & the Stone:
Chinese Jades, Snuff Bottles and Works of Art from
the Collection of Dr. Dean Edell, Hong Kong, 1998:
the oval pendant as Ming dynasty, No. 29, pp. 45-
46

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