Lot 625
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A RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE
A RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE
A RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE
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A RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE

YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

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A RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
Made in imitation of a bronze jue, the vessel is raised on three blade-shaped supports and is carved with a band of leiwen, composed of two rows of scrolls between narrow borders of circles, that terminates either side of the loop handle. Two posts with C-scroll-carved caps rise from the rim. The semi-translucent stone of pale green color has areas of russet and opaque white mottling.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

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Lot Essay


The shape and decoration of this well-carved jade jue are based on bronze prototypes. The decorative band on the present jue is very similar to that of a bronze jue, dated early Western Zhou, illustrated by Wu Zhengfeng in a line drawing in Shang Zhou qingtong qi (Shang and Zhou Bronzes: Inscriptions and Images Album), vol. 17, Shanghai, p. 15, no. 08443, where one can see the same arrangement of two rows of scrolls between borders of circles.

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