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A WHITE JADE ‘CAT’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
carved in the around with two cats curled up, grasping
lingzhi sprigs in its mouth, the stone of an even white tone
with a touch of russet highlight
Length 3.7 cm, 1⅜ in.
£ 500-800
HK$ 4,900-7,900 US$ 650-1,000
清十八/十九世紀 白玉雕喜慶耄耋把件

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A MOTTLED GREY AND WHITE JADE THUMB
RING
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

carved around the exterior with two sinuous stylised
dragons, together with two small bats in flight, the stone
of a variegated dark-grey colour
Width 3.5 cm, 1⅜ in

£ 600-800
HK$ 5,900-7,900 US$ 750-1,000
清十九世紀 灰玉瑞獸紋扳指

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK
LACQUER BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
of circular shape, the domed cover centred with a
stylised shou character painted in gold surrounded
by floral roundels inlaid with mother-of-pearl, the box
similarly decorated
(2)
Diameter 39.2 cm, 15½ in.
PROVENANCE
From a French Private Collection (by repute).
Compare a similar box with a red lacquer ground, in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Lacquerware in the
Collection of The Palace Museum, Classics of the Forbidden
City, Beijing, 2012 pl. 253.
£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 59,000-78,500 US$ 7,500-10,000
清十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿團花紋蓋盒

來源
法國私人收藏（傳）
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