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2090 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
A GROUP OF FIFTEEN MINIATURE RETICULATED JADE AND
HARDSTONE PLAQUES 2093
Most carved to one side for attachment to another surface and A CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL BRUSH WASHER
including three floral button plaques of similar hexagonal shape, two Late Qing/Republic period
with six-petal flowers and the third with a begonia blossom center; six Rendered as a gnarled hollow tree trunk adjoining an additional vessel
decorated with birds or bats; three with Buddha’s hand citrons; the rendered as the largest of the peaches blooming from a curving
three remaining plaques depicting a peony spray, a shou character branch sheltering a phoenix, all carved in raised relief from a sea-foam
and a chime amid leafy tendrils (some with minor chips). green tinted layer of stone along one side, the remainder of the piece
1 1/4 to 2 1/8in (3.1 to 5.3cm) long marked in veins of cloudy inclusions.
$1,000 - 1,500 3in (7.6cm) height exclusive of stand
$2,000 - 3,000
2091
A GROUP OF RETICULATED JADE AND HARDSTONE TWO- 2094
SECTION BUCKLES AND MINIATURE DECORATIVE PLAQUES A GROUP OF THREE JADE CARVINGS
The six thinly sectioned buckles each in two parts, four with floral The first carved with two cats playing with a butterfly (maodie), the
decoration and two of butterfly shape (some assembled); twelve matrix of celadon color with russet patches; the second carved with
miniature plaques, each carved to one side for attachment to another a goose holding a stalk in its mouth, the matrix of grayish celadon
surface that include two flower vases, five with flower or leaf motives, with russet inclusions; the third carved in the form of a belt hook with
two auspicious peach branches, and three auspicious emblems; the chilong, the stone of grayish celadon color.
last plaque carved to both sides as a ribboned chime. [19] 2in (5cm) width of the largest
1 7/8in (4.8cm) length of largest buckle $2,000 - 3,000
$1,200 - 1,800
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GARDNER UDELL,
2092 SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
A GROUP OF FIVE ARCHAIC AND ARCHAIC STYLE JADE
BI DISCS 2095
The first a bi of medium sea-green hue and thin irregular section TWO JADE PENDANT FRAGMENTS
with a tapering loss to one side displaying opaque brown alteration, Each possibly sliced from the same rectangular pendant carved with
an oblique drill hole forming the center aperture; the second an scalloped edges and a pair of dragons facing a suspension hole above
extensively altered bi of uniform thin section carved in delicate relief to a vertical reserve, one reserve displaying a sage and boy servant
both sides with a dense field of hexagonal bosses and incised lines carrying a flowering branch, the other reserve filled with a fourteen-
along the inner and outer edges (broken and re-stuck with losses); character couplet in running script, the reverse of each plaque
the third and fourth of similar mottled medium to dark sea-green hue, showing remains of curving saw marks (tiny chips to some edges).
similarly carved on both sides with fields of silk worm coils and incised 2 1/2in (6cm) high
lines along the inner and outer edges (smaller with hairline crack, $2,000 - 3,000
larger with large chip); the last of altered dark straw hue, carved in
high relief with a chilong facing its tiny cub and reversed by a field of
tiny raised silk worm coils (chipped).
5 5/8 to 2 1/2in (14.1 to 6.5cm) diameters
$1,000 - 1,500

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