Lot 41
  • 41

A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE CYLINDER SHANG DYNASTY OR LATER |

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Width 2 1/2  in., 6.3 cm
of short tubular form with a lipped rim at each end, the thin walls carved to the exterior with four low-relief fillets divided by a central horizontal flange in high relief, the flange accented with four evenly-spaced protruding rectangular tabs, the translucent beige-celadon stone with swaths of opaque russet at one end

Provenance

Galaxie Art & Gift Co. (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 3rd March 1988. 
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 85.