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20TH CENTURY
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A RARE JADEITE COIN-SHAPED BRUSH WASHER
20TH CENTURY
The rectangular vessel is shaped as a coin and is supported by five tortoises, while three chilong clamber up its sides. The stone is of a bright green tone with some mottled white inclusions.
4 ¼ in. (11 cm.) wide
20TH CENTURY
The rectangular vessel is shaped as a coin and is supported by five tortoises, while three chilong clamber up its sides. The stone is of a bright green tone with some mottled white inclusions.
4 ¼ in. (11 cm.) wide
Provenance
With Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1990.
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
Special notice
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