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Lot 222*

Two white jade cylindrical beads

16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £10,062.50 inc. premium

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Two white jade cylindrical beads

The larger deftly carved in shallow relief with an elegant orchid and butterfly around the exterior, a calligraphic inscription and seal mark, all between key-fret borders, the stone of even pale-white tone, 6.2cm (2 1/2in) high; the smaller tube with raised bosses around the exterior, the stone of pale-white tone. 2.3cm (1in) long. (2).

Footnotes

白玉管形飾兩件

Provenance: Durwin Tang Collection

來源:鄧德雍收藏

The seal reads 'wen wan (文玩)' or 'object for enjoyment' and the inscription on the tube is a line by the poet Xu Wei 徐渭 (1521-1593) on orchids and reads:

一香已足壓千紅
'The fragrance of one [orchid] is enough to surpass a thousand other flowers'.

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