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CHINE, DYNASTIE MING (1368-1644)
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SEIZE BOUTONS DE FLEURS EN JADE SCULPTE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING (1368-1644)
Each button is delicately carved in the form of an open-form flower. The colours of the jades range from pale white to yellowish-celadon.
The largest 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide, fitted box
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING (1368-1644)
Each button is delicately carved in the form of an open-form flower. The colours of the jades range from pale white to yellowish-celadon.
The largest 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide, fitted box
Provenance
Previously in the collection of a gentleman who lived in Hong Kong in the 1980s.
Literature
This group of buttons are discussed by Dr Cheng Te-K'un in Jade Flowers and Floral Patterns in Chinese Decorative Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1969.
Special notice
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Further details
A SET OF SIXTEEN CARVED JADE FLORAL BUTTONS
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
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