Lot Essay
US$36,000-40,000
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A VERY RARE JADEITE YU PEI
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A VERY RARE JADEITE YU PEI
The highly translucent material, suffused with veins of brilliant emerald green, one side with an uncarved area, surmounted by a pair of archaistic confronted dragons very well carved in low relief, the other side also well carved with a narrative scene, probably taken from a popular romance depicting a lady seated in a tent with a baby, watching a goat seated beneath a tree with the moon overhead, the goat and moon cleverly carved from a russet and a pale celadon area of the stone, to the original gold threaded coral bead and seed pearl surmount, probably 18th century
Yu pei 5.42 x 39.2 x 4.7 mm.
The uncarved area was meant to receive an inscription of the owner's choosing
The highly translucent material, suffused with veins of brilliant emerald green, one side with an uncarved area, surmounted by a pair of archaistic confronted dragons very well carved in low relief, the other side also well carved with a narrative scene, probably taken from a popular romance depicting a lady seated in a tent with a baby, watching a goat seated beneath a tree with the moon overhead, the goat and moon cleverly carved from a russet and a pale celadon area of the stone, to the original gold threaded coral bead and seed pearl surmount, probably 18th century
Yu pei 5.42 x 39.2 x 4.7 mm.
The uncarved area was meant to receive an inscription of the owner's choosing