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A group of eight jade hair pins jade hairpin, Yuan/Ming, in the Robert Ellsworth Collection, sold at
Yuan/Ming to 19th century Christie’s New York, 19 March 2015, Lot 602.
Comprising: A cylindrical pale green jade hair pin with an openwork See several similar white jade hairpins, all dated Qianlong period, in
phoenix finial; a white jade pin with a floral finial, a related stem curling the Murray Walker Collection of Oriental Art in the Jordan Schnitzer
down around the shaft; four pale green jade pins with reticulated Museum of Art, University of Oregon, including no. MWCH4:16.
foliate panels and knop finials; a very white jade pin similarly carved; a
flattened pale green jade pin carved in openwork with an interlocking
pattern and a bat finial.
The longest: 21.2cm (8 1/4in) long (8).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000
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