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Lot 121: TWO JADE 'TORTOISE' CARVINGS Late Qing Dynasty

Est: $1,800 USD - $2,500 USDPassed
Figlio Designs Auctioneers and AppraisersLexington, MA, USOctober 28, 2024

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Description

TWO JADE 'TORTOISE' CARVINGS

Late Qing Dynasty

The 'mythical tortoise' with a pair of antlers behind the head, perforated through the cheeks for stringing, the back slightly concave, the celadon stone with brown and cream alteration to one side; the plump tortoise naturalistically carved with its head raised, the stone mottled brown and cream in areas. (2)


Mystical tortoise: 2 3/16in (5.6cm) long;
Tortoise: 2 5/8in (6.8cm) long


Condition Report

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







Minor surface pitting and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity. Shallow crack lines to the plump tortoise, possibly from heating the stone to alter the color.

Provenance

清末 玉神龜墜飾 玉龜鎮 共兩件



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



A jade mystical tortoise closely related to the present lot, from the collection of the Hon. H. Asquith is illustrated by Nott,
Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Japan, first published in 1936, 2nd edition 9th printing in 1973, pl. LXXX (middle).

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Figlio Designs Auctioneers and Appraisers
October 28, 2024, 01:15 PM EST

11 Melrose Ave, Lexington, MA, 02420, US

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