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Carved from pale gray-green stone with cloudy white mottling and black and brown rivering throughout, the mountain landscape with high rising peaks and numerous figures and pavillions amid foliage on both sides, with the seal of the Emperor Qianlong above a long inscription on one side, the reverse with a further inscription and a seal, one seal referring to the eightieth year of the Emperor Qianlong,corresponding to the year 1784. — Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion, 1790
China

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A yogini bearing a jar. One of 19 known sculptures from a set originating in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. — Yogini with a jar, early 10th century
India

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husband and wife seated on a lotus in the pose of royal ease and intimacy with bull and tiger underfoot; symmetrical architectural backdrop with large central disc behind heads of main figures — Uma-Maheshvara, 10th-11th century
India

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Spinach green jade, carved in chrysanthemum form, small flutings, spread in tiers from the center of the plate, representing the petals of the flower. Carved on both sides, the petals curled over the rim. The jade is extremely thin and translucent. — Plate, 18th-19th century
China

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two reclining goats, apparently eating fungus - symbol of longevity. grey and black jade. — Paperweight: Deer and Fungus Motif, 17th-20th century
China

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Calabash or gourd, white jade, with carvings of plant forms and animals in high relief. — Water Basin, late 18th century
China

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Brush Washer. Bowl of celadon jade carved with flowers, leaves, and bamboo in high relief; incised foliate design on body of bowl which has a shaped rim. — Brush Washer, 18th century
China

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Censer, covered, of green jade in the form of a pagoda. The cover is in 3 sections carved with Buddhist symbol ; the finial a dragon surmonted by the praying mantis guarding the pearl of omnipotence. Body carved with all over foliate pattern, the rim with running Chinese fret. superb quality jade with begonia leaf marking. Brilliant emerald green in color. — Incense Burner in the Form of a Ding Vessel, 18th century
China

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Table screen, white jade carved in relief on the face with the eight horses of Mu Wang in a mountain landscape with pine trees, the branches of one tree extending on to reverse side. Composition derived from a painting of Ma Yuan. A long poetic inscription and date at upper left added in reign of Ch'ien Lung. — Table Screen with Eight Horses, 18th century
China

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Finger citron of yellow jade; around body and base of vase a pattern of twining leaves and a smaller finger citron in relief. Teakwood stand. — Vase, late 18th century
China

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Writer's water coupe of white jade in form of Ling-Chih, the plant of long Life, and carved with a similar design in relief. Wood stand. — Water vessel, 18th century
China

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A Sino-tibetan Buddha shown seated in a muhdra of meditation, carved from white jade and with an angled ledge in the back of the figure fitting precisely onto a mottled green and black jadeite throne in the form of a Tibetan stupa, surmounted by cloud motif finial surrounding a white jade medallion with inscripotion picked out in gilding. — Amitabha, 19th century
China

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Carved in the form of two birds conjoined bodies, the necks of the birds forming handles of the vase and with two further loop and loose ring handles at the sides, the base formed by the birds legs entwined with floral motifs and the cover attached by a long chain. — Covered Vase, 19th century
China

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The large central lotus pod with smaller pods, the buds entwined at the sides, the central lotus pod with small opening covered by a green jadeite stopper with a frog, the whole raised on a fitted stained ivory stand. — Water coupe, 18th-19th century
China

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the globular body left entirely plain, with high polish showing the bright green stone with icy mottling and some darker green flecks and traces of white, with a pair of monster mask and loose ring handles, the tripod supports also issuing from monster masks and the domed cover with two fu lions forming the finial; carved of light green stone with white and green markings. Former Classification: Jade — Covered Tripod, 19th century
China

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The plain globular body carved with two projecting dragon-head handles at the shoulder supporting large loose rings and raised on three short supports issuing from two fu-lion masks, the domed cover with two fu lions for the finial. — Covered Incense Burner, late 18th-early 19th century
China

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Of loaf shape, carved in high relief with buddhist divinities and demons on both sides amidst clouds and wave motifs and a traditional heavenly mountainscape. Broken in two pieces and repaired. Former Classification: Jade — A Gathering of Lohans, 17th-18th century
China

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The opaque brown and cloudy tan-colored jade apparently burned in a fire, the shallow bowl with deeply rounded sides carved on the exterior and interior with butterflies and melon vine. Broken in two pieces and restored. Former Classification: Jade — Bowl, 17th century
China

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The large central shallow bowl carved in the form of a Ruyi head, with smaller bowls and fungus and bat motifs around the edge, the dull gray-green stone with cloudy russet markings. Former Classification: Jade — Brush Washer, 16th-17th century
China

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the boulder with unusual color used in the carving, the goose with head sharply turned, shown enveloped in lotus plants, with one large leaf using the green color of the stone and several flowers using the russet markings, on a carved base of swirling waves; carved of gray-green stone with brown markings. Former Classification: Jade — Goose, 16th century
China

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Plain Serpentine Quartz Shallow Bowl of oval shape, with thick sides and base, the translucent brownish-green stone with darker markings, the base engraved with a four-character Qianlong mark — Brush Washer, 18th-19th century
China

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carved white jade; wing feathers crisply incised; serrated wing covers fitting lower section cleanly — Quail Box and Cover, one of a pair, late 18th-early 19th century
China

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carved white jade; wing feathers crisply incised; serrated wing covers fitting lower section cleanly — Quail Box and Cover, one of a pair, c. 1770
China

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97.153.32 — Mountain, 17th century
China

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Seated female figure from head to knees; legs apart, PR hand where PR knee would be; PL hand raised in front of chest; wearing gold headdress and earrings with turquoise inlay and other gold jewelry; face gold, blue hair — Green Tara, 14th-15th century
Tibet

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yellow jade, with yellow jade cover; carved with dragons in high relief. The design of five dragons dates from 12 B.C. — Covered Vase, late 18th century
China

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Bowl, plain fei t'sui camphor jade with all-over violet and blue cast. One of a pair, see 35.20.2. 'Greenish white jade with greyish mauve cast' — Bowl, 18th century
China

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Bowl, plain fei t'sui camphor jade with all-over violet and blue cast. One of a pair, see 35.20.2. 'Greenish white jade with greyish mauve cast' — Bowl, 18th century
China

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Bowl, one of a pair, covered fei t-sui jade carved in chrysanthemum form. This white jade, flecked with green called by the Chinese 'moss entangled in melting snow'. Carved inside and out in four rows of petal design. Small spreading base also carved in spread petal design. Extraordinarily fragile and brilliant. Pair with 34.21.6a,b — Lidded Bowl, 18th century
China

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Bowl of white Camphor jade, carved in a XVIII century Tibetan form suggesting a Chrysanthemum, a design that came to Tibet from India, and was later introduced into China by Tibetan Carvers and brought to Peking by Ch'ien Lung. The nephrite jade has a beautifully lustrous quality. Former Classification: Jade — Bowl, 1736-1795
China

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Bowl, one of a pair, covered fei t-sui jade carved in chrysanthemum form. This white jade, flecked with green called by the Chinese 'moss entangled in melting snow'. Carved inside and out in four rows of petal design. Small spreading base also carved in spread petal design. Extraordinarily fragile and brilliant. Pair with 34.21.5a,b — Lidded Bowl, 18th century
China

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Bowl, covered, translucent white jade, carved with Buddhistic symbols. Cat.card reads a,b; locat. of b? — Bowl with Base, 18th century
China

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Dish, white camphor jade (one of a pair 36.7.2-3). Carved in chrysanthemum form and worked to proper thinness. One of pair has a small hole the size of a pin prick, which appears to have been done at time. Rough carving, but may be the result of [moving?]. — Dish, 18th century
China

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Dish, white camphor jade (one of a pair 36.7.2-3). Carved in chrysanthemum form and worked to proper thinness. — Dish, 18th century
China

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Dish, oval, in the form of a formalized medallion within a fluted border of chrysanthemum petals; two undercut floral handles; medallion boss carved with floral and foliate designs radiating from a central floral form. Translucent camphor jade with flocculent crystalline markings. One of a pair- 36.7.5-6. — Oval Dish, 18th century
China

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Hanging, large, yellow satin, with woven bands of flowers and symbols in red, green, blue, and white. Vertical seam down center. Green border with all-over brocaded design of pink, tan and red flowers and blue stems and leaves. Light brown cotton lining. — Hanging, 18th century
China

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Hanging of red satin with green satin valance. Embroidered with naturalistic floral sprays in coarse satin stitch. Phoenix done in rainbow colors, the body in laid work couched in rust, blue and white. Rose silk lining. Two green silk loops for hanging. — Curtain, 19th century
China

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Carved white jade bowl with inscription in four cartouches 'Chien Lung Yu Wan' (made for the emperor Chien Lung). Decoration of trailing branches and four cartouches containing signs of Chinese zodiac. smaller, alternating cartouches bear characters of inscription. Jade worked to great thinness. — Bowl, 1736-1795
China

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Vase, carved camphor jade, with cover. Ovate form carved at shoulders with two delicte twigs encircled by loose ring handles, and flanked by fur pendant fern leaves extending to the upper foot. On the two body panels carved fighures of Bodhisattvas, one blowing a horn and standing upon two prayer wheels; the other holding a pole lantern. About the foot a double collar of foliage. Floral fluting and finial on cover. This piece worked to extreme translucency. Probably a copy of a bronze form. — Vase, 1736-1795
China

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Vase, pork fat white jade, globular, carved in high relief with six asters and a floral band in reverse about the base. A poetic inscription about the throat. — Small Vase with Base, 1662-1722
China

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Throne seat cover of blue k'ossu with the same floral and emblem design as 42.8.238, except for double peach here seen in panel. Central panel oblong instead of shaped; border wider and no boxed border. Painted details. Lining of yellow satin with cloud pattern. Inscription on back. — Throne Seat Cover, c. 1800
China

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Brush holder, white jade carved with design of landscape showing mountain rocks, flowers and Ling-Chih, the plant of Long Life. — Brush Pot, 1736-1795
China

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white porcelain — Globular vase, 18th century
China

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ceramic, blanc de chine glaze; wooden stand — Pear-shaped bottle vase, 19th century
China

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Mughal style carving with bodhisattva and tendril motif — Covered Vase, late 19th century
China

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oval body incorporating a bat on one end with its wings wrapped around the sides, pouring mouth opposite; handle on one side; three dragon feet; two posts on either side at top rim — Jue-shaped vessel, 17th-18th century
China

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yellow ground; central dragon design surrounded by eight others facing inward; embroidered with floral design between dragons; mirror image from side to side — Cushion Cover, early 19th century
China

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horned beast with body of a deer, head of a lion, and scaled wings; standing on waves with a book borne on clouds on its back; grey-green stone with rust-brown and cloudy white mottling — Recumbent Figure of an Auspicious Mythical Beast (Qilin), 17th century
China

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Cross-legged seated man with PL hand palm up on lap and PR hand raised to chest level; wearing elaborate headgear and jewelry with elongated pierced ears; has own mount — Amoghasiddhi, 13th century
Western Tibet or Central Regions, Tibet

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A long sampan with several figures on board, carved with elaborate details and with wave motifs around the base, fitted with teakwood stand with white jade birds inset in the wave carving. — Pleasure Boat, 18th century
China

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oval concave base; sides flare outward slightly from base then steeply inward about halfway up body of vessel, then slightly outward again along tall neck to wide oval mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; decorated on one side with a pair of figures, pair of deer and figure with sword on horseback slaying a large cat surrounded by floral and foliage motifs at bottom and bird with large flowers at top; opposite side decorated with blooming plant at bottom and pair of figures--one seated, one standing--and pair of peacocks flaking a dancer on a stool with a horn at top; floral bands at top, bottom and shoulder — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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oval concave base; sides flare outward slightly from base then steeply inward about halfway up body of vessel, then slightly outward again along tall neck to wide oval mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; decorated on one side with an Asian garden with a large rock at right, arcing bridge with two figures left of center and two buildings at bottom and butterflies and flowers at top; opposite side decorated in Asian style with three figures on a balcony overlooking water with a figure on a raft and large bird with flowers, bats and waves at top; decorative bands with flowers and patterns at top, bottom and shoulder — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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oval concave base; sides flare outward from base and flare inward toward short neck with small round mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; wide sides decorated with four figures in row boats in a cartouche with two pairs of emus and kangaroos, turtle, flowers, insects and a coat of arms on neck; opposite side decorated with seascape with sailing vessel on horizon line and various animals on shore (birds, kangaroo, sheep, horse) and foliage, with a coat of arms on neck; band of leaves around bottom edge; conical cover with rounded top and tiny knob covered with silver foil — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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oval concave base; sides flare outward from base and flare inward toward short neck with small round mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; wide sides decorated with sailing boat with sea creatures of various sorts--real and imagined; opposite side decorated with cartouche with Asian garden and sea scene with boat, birds and figures on bridge with flowers around outside of cartouche; band of flowers and fish around bottom edge; conical cover with rounded top and tiny knob covered with silver foil — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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mountain landscape form; carved in the round with pavilions, trees and rocks, with a seated scholar beside a bridge watching a waterfall cascading into a rocky pool; mottled beige and cream shoushan soapstone — Brush rest, 17th century
Wang Zhu

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oval concave base; sides flare outward from base particularly on short ends and flare inward toward small oval mouth opening with short neck; white porcelain with light blue designs; wide sides decorated with acanthus-crowned man in jewels and royal robes holding scepters, riding in a small, elegant sailboat with two birds and two fish in cartouche beneath; opposite side decorated with view of row boats at a dock with classical-style buildings and left and right and a round tower at center; partially reclining draped classical figure in cartouche at bottom, with fish and a pair of putti; band of fish around bottom edge; rounded raised cover with knob covered with silver foil — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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grayish white stone with brown markings; the thin boulder carved in high relief with a figure riding on a donkey followed by an attendant carrying an umbrella in a rustic landscape, the reverse with a similar landscape and ancient pine tree, the cloudy stone with russet coloring added over mottled patches. Former Classification: Jade — Traveling in Autumn Mountains, 17th-18th century
China

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Carved from white and brown jadeite in vertical strata, the flattened shield-shaped vase carved with pairs of stylized dragons holding a pearl in theior mouths, below a shou medallion on the neck, the decoration on each side in bright reddish-brown colored stonein relief against a pure white background, the neck with masl and loose ring handles, and the rim with more of the reddish-brown skin of the stone used to highlight a fretwork band, the cover with double dragon-loop finial holding a pair of loose rings. — Covered Vase, 18th century
China

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cylindrical body in the form of a ribbon tied scroll; two chilong form the handle and spout; wine jug with dragon motif. — Ewer, 17th-18th century
China

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Globular Vase with Dragon Decor, 1723-1735

China

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