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Lot 50

A rare white jade reticulated 'egret and lotus pond' finial
Yuan/Ming Dynasty

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

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A rare white jade reticulated 'egret and lotus pond' finial

Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Deftly carved and pierced in openwork as six elegant egrets in a tranquil pond among towering lotus stalks and blossoms, swaying and bending in the breeze, the base pierced with eight small apertures, the stone of even pale-white tone, with very minor inclusions. 5cm (2in) high.

Footnotes

元/明 白玉鏤雕鷺蓮紋爐頂

Provenance: S.Marchant & Son Ltd., London
A distinguished English private collection

來源:購於倫敦S.Marchant & Son Ltd.
英國顯貴私人收藏

Compare with two related reticulated jade 'egret and lotus' finials, Yuan dynasty, one of which was unearthed from the Ren family tomb at Qingpu, Shanghai, Yuan dynasty, illustrated in Shanghai Museum Ancient Jade Gallery, Shanghai, p.36. See also a related reticulated white jade finial, Ming dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, Ming Dynasty, vol.6, Beijing, 2010, pl.118.

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