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18TH-19TH CENTURY
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TWO SMALL WHITE JADE SEAL BLANKS AND AN AQUAMARINE SEAL BLANK
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises a jade circular seal blank surmounted by a writhing dragon; a jade seal blank of irregular form with russet skin carved with a feline-form finial; and an aquamarine rectangular seal blank carved with a spider.
The largest 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high, hongmu stand
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises a jade circular seal blank surmounted by a writhing dragon; a jade seal blank of irregular form with russet skin carved with a feline-form finial; and an aquamarine rectangular seal blank carved with a spider.
The largest 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high, hongmu stand
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
First and second: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Special notice
Lots made of or including (regardless of the
percentage) endangered and other protected
species of wildlife are marked with the symbol ~
in the catalogue. This material includes, among
other things, ivory, tortoiseshell, crocodile skin,
rhinoceros horn, whalebone certain species of
coral, and Brazilian rosewood. You should check
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Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist