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Chinese Song Archaistic Jade Vessel
Estimate:
$3,000 - $6,000
Sold
$11,000
Live Auction
Fine Chinese Jade Collections and Asian Arts
Description
Chinese Song Archaistic Jade Vessel 3.75''x2.25''. Pale celadon coloring with natural brown veining. Simplistic carved archaic scrolling forms with mythical beast head tripod feet. Some hairline and natural age cracking. Exhibited Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena 1986; The Dayton Art Institute, Ohio 1989 #16; San Antonion Museum of Art ''Reverence of a Stone''. Published ''Stones of Virtue'' by Clarence W. Kelley Page 46, #106. Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd. retailer label on interior. From the private collection of Samuel Bernstein of S. Bernstein & Co., Los Angeles. Song dynasty, 10th to 13th century.