A CELADON JADE 'CATFISH' MARRIAGE BOWL QING DYNASTY, 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY |

carved as a wide basin with tapering sides rising from four short bracket feet, the interior carved in low relief with a pair of catfish swimming among foliage, the exterior carved with dragons in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' against a keyfret ground all below a keyfret band around the mouthrim, the sides flanked by D-form handles finely reticulated with butterflies, the stone of pale grayish celadon color with russet veining and white inclusions, wood stand (2)

Collection of Nikita G. Maggos, Alton, Illinois, acquired in the 1960s-1970s, and thence by descent.

Two small chips to the rim, a fissure to the side with an associated bruise, and a few scattered nicks to the edges. Minute areas of natural surface unevenness including some to the underside of one foot.
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Compare to a similar example carved with twin catfish and deer handles attributed to 19th century sold in these rooms, 17th-18th March 2015, lot 339.