Lot 172: SEVEN ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE ORNAMENTS Qing Dynasty

SEVEN ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE ORNAMENTS

Qing Dynasty

The mythical bird in a sitting pose, carved on both sides in shallow relief and incised lines, the pale stone stained russet brown in areas; the
huang pendant carved with two dragon heads in high relief, the reverse with neatly lined bosses, drilled at one corner for stringing, the stone degraded and with deep russet inclusions; the bottle of flattened rectangular form decorated with two pairs of dragon heads at each shoulder, the short neck with a flat rim above an incised mask pattern, the body decorated with a band of four archaistic characters on either side, the lower register detailed with wave and island patterns, the stone mottled celadon and cream; the flattened oblong fitting with flat sides, perforated with three holes for attachment, the gray stone mottled and stained black in areas; the
bu pendant following the bronze currency prototype, decorated with two characters in seal script, perforated on the top end for stringing; the
cong decorated with nine tiers of striped panels and a
chi dragon on the side, the stone lightly stained brown; the tortoise carapace carved with hexagonal grids and keyfret border, drilled through the center for stringing, the celadon stone stained black and brown in areas. (7)


bird: 3 3/8in (8.6cm) wide;
huang: 4in (10.1cm) wide;
bottle: 2 3/8in (6cm) high;
fitting: 2 5/8in (6.6cm) wide;
bu: 1 7/8in (4.8cm) long;
cong: 1 3/4in (4.5cm) long;
tortoise carapace: 1 3/4in (4.5cm) long

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







Minor surface pitting and wear. Some surface degradation, most significantly the jade
huang,
bu, and the bottle vase. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity.

清末 仿古玉石擺飾 鳥 璜 瓶 布幣 琮 龜殼 共七件



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




Provenance:

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present




來源：

Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今



The characters on the bottle may be read as: 富貴吉祥 延年益壽



The small jade
cong with
chi dragon on the side in the present lot compares closely to the jade
cong in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated on the museum's website as 故玉004607N, attributed to Qing dynasty.

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