PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR AND HEDWIG WORCH
TWO ARCHAISTIC JADE CARVINGS
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TWO ARCHAISTIC JADE CARVINGS
SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
One a jia raised on three blade supports, the body well carved with bands of taotie masks centered on notched flanges below a band of blades, all with leiwen grounds, with a pair of posts rising from the rim and C-scrolls carved on the loop handle, the jade burned to a yellowish-buff color; the other possibly a weight carved in the round as a thick bi inscribed allover with dissolved phoenix scroll and carved in high relief at two ends with phoenix, the gray stone with black veining and a buff skin--5¼in. and 6 3/4in. (13.3 and 17.2cm.) high (2)
SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
One a jia raised on three blade supports, the body well carved with bands of taotie masks centered on notched flanges below a band of blades, all with leiwen grounds, with a pair of posts rising from the rim and C-scrolls carved on the loop handle, the jade burned to a yellowish-buff color; the other possibly a weight carved in the round as a thick bi inscribed allover with dissolved phoenix scroll and carved in high relief at two ends with phoenix, the gray stone with black veining and a buff skin--5¼in. and 6 3/4in. (13.3 and 17.2cm.) high (2)