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18TH CENTURY
Details
A MINIATURE AGATE BOTTLE VASE AND YELLOW JADE DING
18TH CENTURY
The vase is carved from agate of even white tone, and the yellow jade ding has a silver wire-inlaid zitan cover.
The largest 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high, cloth boxes
18TH CENTURY
The vase is carved from agate of even white tone, and the yellow jade ding has a silver wire-inlaid zitan cover.
The largest 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high, cloth boxes
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
Pasadena, Pacificulture-Asia Museum, 13 June–15 August 1976.
New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist