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A SMALL APPLE-GREEN AND WHITE JADEITE VASE GROUP
The group is carved as a flattened baluster vase with a cover surmounted by a bird perched on a prunus branch, and is flanked by two gnarled, blossoming prunus trees that rise from the rockwork base, one grows up the side of the vase where a twisted branch forms a loop at the neck, while the tree on the opposite side has openwork branches and a long-tailed bird perched on the trunk. The white stone has extensive areas of apple-green color.
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high approximately, wood stand
The group is carved as a flattened baluster vase with a cover surmounted by a bird perched on a prunus branch, and is flanked by two gnarled, blossoming prunus trees that rise from the rockwork base, one grows up the side of the vase where a twisted branch forms a loop at the neck, while the tree on the opposite side has openwork branches and a long-tailed bird perched on the trunk. The white stone has extensive areas of apple-green color.
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high approximately, wood stand
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 31 March-1 April 2005, lot 71.
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outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).
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