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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. DEAN EDELL
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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL SPINACH GREEN JADE GILT-
INSCRIBED BOOK COVER
18th/19th century
Of thin rectangular section, incised on the front with two dragons
contending a flaming pearl and inscribed on the reverse with the
four-character title, Side xulun, of the emperor’s essay followed by
the opening twenty-seven characters, one edge inscribed with the
Chinese numeral yi (one), all filled with gold lacquer against the dark
spinach-green ground.
7 5/8 x 4 1/2in (19.4 x 11.5cm)
$6,000 - 8,000

十八/十九世紀 碧玉刻「四得續論」冊面

Provenance:
Dr. Dean Edell
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 14 November 1990, lot 469

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: No.8, pp. 13-14

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