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A spinach jade archaistic box and cover, tulu 18th/19th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,560 inc. premium
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18th/19th century
Carved after an archaic bronze prototype, with columnar corners and a very slightly rounded top, carved on the cover with four ribbons framed by interlocked ruyi-heads, raised on four bun feet, the stone of spinach-green tone with tiny black speckles, wood stand, 5.7cm (2¼in) wide; together with a green jade Buddhist lion and ribboned brocade ball, 18th/19th century, carved with bulging eyes, menacing teeth and curled mane, 6.7cm (2⅝in) high; and a jadeite double-gourd pendant, 19th century, carved with a smaller gourd borne on gnarled leafy branch, 4cm (1½in) long
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Carved after an archaic bronze prototype, with columnar corners and a very slightly rounded top, carved on the cover with four ribbons framed by interlocked ruyi-heads, raised on four bun feet, the stone of spinach-green tone with tiny black speckles, wood stand, 5.7cm (2¼in) wide; together with a green jade Buddhist lion and ribboned brocade ball, 18th/19th century, carved with bulging eyes, menacing teeth and curled mane, 6.7cm (2⅝in) high; and a jadeite double-gourd pendant, 19th century, carved with a smaller gourd borne on gnarled leafy branch, 4cm (1½in) long
(5).
Footnotes
Provenance: an old English collection, mostly purchased in London in 1950s/60s. The Buddhist lion carving with a Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, label.














