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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE ARCHAISTIC BROWN JADE RHYTON
SONG/MING DYNASTY, 13TH-17TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE ARCHAISTIC BROWN JADE RHYTON
SONG/MING DYNASTY, 13TH-17TH CENTURY
Well-hollowed and raised on three short feet formed by the ears and horn of a large inverted monster mask with upswept mane, with two chilong clambering along the sides of the vessel over a ground of archaistic scroll, and a third climbing over the rim and forming the handle, the stone of caramel-brown tone suffused with areas of opaque inclusions and natural striations
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
SONG/MING DYNASTY, 13TH-17TH CENTURY
Well-hollowed and raised on three short feet formed by the ears and horn of a large inverted monster mask with upswept mane, with two chilong clambering along the sides of the vessel over a ground of archaistic scroll, and a third climbing over the rim and forming the handle, the stone of caramel-brown tone suffused with areas of opaque inclusions and natural striations
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Frank Kramer.
Sotheby's, New York, 29 September 1989, lot 472.
Sotheby's, New York, 29 September 1989, lot 472.
Literature
S.C. Nott, Voices from the Flowery Kingdom, New York, 1947, p. 112, pl. LXV.
R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.39.
R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.39.
Exhibited
Christie's, New York, March 13-26, 2001.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003-December 2004.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003-December 2004.
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