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A CARVED WHITE JADE ‘LONGEVITY’ BOULDER A YELLOW JADE ‘DOUBLE LOZENGE’ BRUSH
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY WASHER
The irregularly-shaped boulder is carved in high relief depicting QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
two boys in hollowed log-rafts, one log holding a vase containing
chrysanthemum flowers, the other holding a flower basket, the The washer is carved as double intersecting lonzenges, flanked by
flowing stream meandering through overhanging cliffs from which a pair of phoenix-head handles suspending loose rings. The sides,
branches of peach fruits and lingzhi emerge. The underside is the interior and the base left undecorated. The stone is of an even
carved in low relief depicting cliff faces and a stream. The stone is yellowish-green tone with some faint natural inclusions.
of an opaque milky-white tone suffused with pale russet inclusions 8 ¡ in. (21.2 cm.) wide, box
and specks.
5 ¿ in. (13 cm.) wide, hardwood stand, box HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000
HK$160,000-260,000 US$21,000-34,000 清 黃玉雕方勝形雙鳳耳筆洗
The depiction of boys in log-rafts containing flowers forms the rebus
zailai huajia, ‘May you enjoy another sixty years of longevity’.
清十八 / 十九世紀 白玉雕載來花甲山子
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