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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RUTH PHILLIPS
AN UNUSUAL PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE TWO-HANDLED BOWL
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNUSUAL PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE TWO-HANDLED BOWL
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Raised on four curved supports, the center of the interior carved in high relief with a water bird standing beside a large lotus plant and grasses rising from the rippling water, the same theme of water birds amidst a lotus pond carved in shallow relief as a frieze on the exterior, with a pair of unusual dragonfly handles suspending loose rings, the semi-translucent stone with some opaque buff and brown markings
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) across handles
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Raised on four curved supports, the center of the interior carved in high relief with a water bird standing beside a large lotus plant and grasses rising from the rippling water, the same theme of water birds amidst a lotus pond carved in shallow relief as a frieze on the exterior, with a pair of unusual dragonfly handles suspending loose rings, the semi-translucent stone with some opaque buff and brown markings
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) across handles
Provenance
Manheim Galleries, New Orleans.