A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE 'LONGEVITY' WASHER, MING DYNASTY

Auction Closed

September 23, 08:35 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE 'LONGEVITY' WASHER

MING DYNASTY

明青玉鏤雕花形洗

the floriform basin with deep rounded sides modeled as overlapping petals, surrounded all around by an intricate network of interlacing peach branches issuing gently curling leaves, fully open blossoms and new buds, a ripe peach suspended from a slender limb at one side, sprigs of lingzhi emerging within the tangled network, the stone a pale greenish-beige color with icy passages, wood stand (2)

Length 8 in., 20.3 cm

Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源

William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承