Lot 141: A JADE 'PAVILION' SEAL & AN ARCHAISTIC JADE FINIAL Late Qing Dynasty

A JADE 'PAVILION' SEAL & AN ARCHAISTIC JADE FINIAL

Late Qing Dynasty

Under the sloping roof, the rectangular block perforated at waist for stringing, the bottom carved with four characters in seal script, the pale celadon stone mottled black and gray in areas; the finial carved with a
chi dragon in high relief, encircling a mountain peak above scrolling clouds, the underside perforated for attachment, the mottled green stone stained brown in areas. (2)


seal: 1 1/4in (3.2cm) high;
finial: 15/16in (2.4cm) high, 1 9/16 (4cm) wide

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







Minor surface pitting and wear. Old chips to corners. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity.

清末 屋形鈕玉印 仿古雲龍鈕 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, 18 December 1911

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日

大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今



The seal text may be read as: □ 傳者帝

This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤