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(US$40,000-64,000)
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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE EWER
QIANLONG
Raised on a sturdy foot, the compressed body and spouted neck intricately carved with a pair of archaistic phoenix and interlocking scrolls, the reticulated handle shaped as a series of key-fret pattern with a coiled bearded kui dragons peering over the rim, gazing across at a flaming pearl resting on the spout, further decorated with a phoenix-head in high relief below the spout and a lion-mask loop suspending a ring below the handle, the semi-translucent stone of an even milky-white tone with small areas of russet inclusions
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high, box
QIANLONG
Raised on a sturdy foot, the compressed body and spouted neck intricately carved with a pair of archaistic phoenix and interlocking scrolls, the reticulated handle shaped as a series of key-fret pattern with a coiled bearded kui dragons peering over the rim, gazing across at a flaming pearl resting on the spout, further decorated with a phoenix-head in high relief below the spout and a lion-mask loop suspending a ring below the handle, the semi-translucent stone of an even milky-white tone with small areas of russet inclusions
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high, box
(US$40,000-64,000)