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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘BAMBOO’ VASE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
modelled in the form of a bamboo shoot emerging from
jagged rocks with lingzhi sprigs, carved to one face with
a standing crane and a small frog beneath a gnarled pine
tree, the side decorated with a cicada, the stone of a
mottled pale celadon tone with white inclusions and black
speckles
Height 14.3 cm, 5⅝ in.
£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500
清十九世紀
青白玉松鶴延年紋竹節式花插

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A PALE CELADON JADE PAPERWEIGHT
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the polished stone naturalistically carved as a section
of a gnarled pine tree, detailed to both sides with knots
and branches laden with clusters of needles, the stone of
even pale celadon colour with white inclusions and subtle
black markings
Length 18.8 cm, 7½ in.

£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,300-48,900 US$ 3,750-6,300
清十九世紀 青白玉松樹紋樁式鎮紙

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A CELADON JADE ‘PHOENIX AND PEACH’ RUYI
SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the ruyi-shaped terminal carved in low-relief with a
gnarled branch issuing peaches, surmounted by a
phoenix grasping in its beak a further sprig of peaches,
the shaft adorned with an elongated branch of finger
citrons emerging from rockworks to the base, the
polished stone of an even celadon tone with light russet
inclusions
Length 35.7 cm, 14⅛ in.

£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 78,500-118,000 US$ 10,000-15,000
清十九世紀 青玉祥鳳獻桃如意
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