Lot 152: FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE BEADS Late Qing Dynasty

FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE BEADS

Late Qing Dynasty

The Wengzhong figure carved with simple strokes to depict a standing figure wearing an official hat and long robe, his hands held in front and concealed under long sleeves, horizontally perforated through the center for stringing, the pale celadon stone slightly degraded; the barrel-shaped bead with thick walls carved with a
chi dragon, the pale stone stained brown in various tones; the conjoined tubular bead finely incised with a band of
ruyi pattern across the center, the pale celadon stone degraded on one end; the
cong-shaped bead with square corners divided in four tiers, the stone tinted orange-brown in areas; the large bead lively carved with a
chi dragon, the reverse plain and smoothly polished, the gray stone with fine texture stained black on the dragon. (5)


Wengzhong: 3 1/4in (8.3cm) high;
Beads: 15/16in to 2 7/16in (2.4cm to 6.3cm) long

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.







Minor surface pitting, degradation, and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity.

清末 仿古玉勒子 翁仲 琮 魑龍 共五枚



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今

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