Lot Essay
(US$15,000-23,000)
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AN UNUSUAL CELADON JADE SUPPER SET
18TH CENTURY
Each well carved dish from matched stones of semi-translucent even pale celadon tone, the central circular dish with a barbed rim carved to the interior with a shou character surrounded by the wufu in flight, encircled by eight lotus-lappet-shaped dishes, each with a different Buddhist emblem carved to the interior, the rims carved with key-fret borders
11 3/4 in. (30 cm.) across, fitted wooden tray
18TH CENTURY
Each well carved dish from matched stones of semi-translucent even pale celadon tone, the central circular dish with a barbed rim carved to the interior with a shou character surrounded by the wufu in flight, encircled by eight lotus-lappet-shaped dishes, each with a different Buddhist emblem carved to the interior, the rims carved with key-fret borders
11 3/4 in. (30 cm.) across, fitted wooden tray
(US$15,000-23,000)