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Auction archive: Lot number 2906

A WHITE JADE ‘KUI DRAGON’ VASE AND A COVER

Estimate
HK$1,500,000 - HK$2,500,000
ca. US$193,484 - US$322,473
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 2906

A WHITE JADE ‘KUI DRAGON’ VASE AND A COVER

Estimate
HK$1,500,000 - HK$2,500,000
ca. US$193,484 - US$322,473
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A WHITE JADE ‘KUI DRAGON’ VASE AND A COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The flattened baluster body is carved on each side with a wan symbol between a pair of coiled archaistic kui dragons, above a large ruyi head enclosing a shou character, below archaistic C-shaped scrolls. The shoulders are flanked by a pair of S-shaped handles carved with a chevron pattern. The cover is carved with archaistic scrolls surmounted by an openwork finial with six flanges supporting a flowerhead. The stone is of an even, white tone with a slight greenish tinge and small areas of pale russet specks. 10 3/8 in. (25.8 cm.) overall height Provenance George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910

Auction archive: Lot number 2906
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

A WHITE JADE ‘KUI DRAGON’ VASE AND A COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The flattened baluster body is carved on each side with a wan symbol between a pair of coiled archaistic kui dragons, above a large ruyi head enclosing a shou character, below archaistic C-shaped scrolls. The shoulders are flanked by a pair of S-shaped handles carved with a chevron pattern. The cover is carved with archaistic scrolls surmounted by an openwork finial with six flanges supporting a flowerhead. The stone is of an even, white tone with a slight greenish tinge and small areas of pale russet specks. 10 3/8 in. (25.8 cm.) overall height Provenance George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910

Auction archive: Lot number 2906
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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