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                                                                               A WHITE JADE ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’
                                                                               PENDANT
                                                                               18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                                                               The rectangular pendant is carved to one side with
                                                                               a shaped panel enclosing a pair of magpies and
                                                                               prunus, and to the other with a pair of cranes and
                                                                               pine. The openwork border is carved with a double
                                                                               happiness, shuangxi, character to the top, fanked
                                                                               by a pair of stylised phoenix. The stone is of an
                                                                               even pale tone.
                                                                               2æ in. (6.5 cm.) high
                                                                               £8,000-12,000         $12,000-17,000
                                                                                                     €9,200-14,000

                                                                               清十八/十九世紀
                                                                               白玉花鳥紋「囍」字牌



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