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PROPERTY FROM THE PEONY COLLECTION
A LARGE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE
‘RAM’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY
worked as two addorsed recumbent ram grasping a spray of
lingzhi in their mouths, finely rendered with striated curved
horns, the smoothly polished stone of even pale celadon colour
with russet patches
10.6 cm, 4⅛ in.
HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,200-15,300
清 青白玉銜芝雙羊

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PROPERTY FROM THE PEONY COLLECTION
A BOXWOOD CARVING OF A FROG
QING DYNASTY

the crouching frog depicted with two smaller frogs on its back,
detailed with a flippable hinged tongue
w. 7.7 cm, 3 in.
HK$ 8,000-12,000
US$ 1,050-1,550
清 黃楊木雕寶蟾

Compare a Ming dynasty bamboo carving of the same subject,
signed Dasheng and dated by inscription to 1623, in the
Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, record number BATEA 334,
illustrated on the museum website.
參考巴斯東亞藝術博物館藏明代沈大生款竹雕寶蟾（編號
BATEA 334），紀為天啓三年（1623年）所製，圖見該
博物館網站。 334

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