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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. DEAN EDELL

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A CARNELIAN ‘LINGZHI’ LIBATION CUP
Qing dynasty
Carved as a gnarled branch of lingzhi, the main fungus head deeply
hollowed to form the bowl and issuing a twig with subsidiary heads
looping upwards to form the handle, the translucent stone of pale
straw color enlivened with veins of a golden brown and rosy red hue.
3 1/2in (9cm) long

$2,500 - 4,000
清 南紅瑪瑙雕靈芝紋盃

Provenance:
Dr. Dean Edell
Ichiro Shibata, The Daibutsu Gallery, San Francisco, 1977
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. DEAN EDELL
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A PALE CELADON JADE BOX AND COVER
18th/19th century
Of compressed globular form with thin walls, carved in crisp low relief
across the cover with a central flower head surrounded by four stylized
flowering branches, the conforming box raised on a broad foot with
upright sides, the recessed base bearing a six-character Qianlong
mark carved in standard script and filled with gilt lacquer, the pale
gray-green stone showing some cloudy white and isolated russet
inclusions.
5 5/8in (14.1cm) diam. (2).
$15,000 - 25,000

十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕花卉紋圓蓋盒

Provenance:
Dr. Dean Edell
Sotheby’s, New York, 17 April 1985, lot 285

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. 5, pp. 7-8

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