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74 A WHITE AND BROWN JADE
CARVING OF LIU HAI
㖶 䘥 LATE MING DYNASTY
㛓ġġġ 䌱 crouching with a large three-legged toad pinned under the chest
晽 and right arm, the toad’s head emerging by the boy’s gleeful
∱ face, a string of coins clutched in the left hand, the body covered
㴟 in a robe falling in thick folds over the bent arms and legs, the
㇚ stone an even milky white with small brown inclusions at the face
慹 and legs
垦
㈲
ẞ Height 2½ in., 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 25th April 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 307.
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႒ $ 2,000-3,000
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75 A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE
‘BOYS’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
㶭 曺
⋩ 䌱 the two children on their sides wrestling head to toe, the larger
ℓ 晽 with two topknots holding onto the other’s foot, the faces and
ᶾ 暁 drapery articulated in thick incised lines, a group of auspicious
䲨 ♵ objects including a beribboned chime arranged beneath the
㛓ġġġ 䪍 larger boy, the stone an even celadon-white with patches of
⫸ russet
㈲
ẞ Length 2¼ in., 5.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 12th March 1981.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 335.
$ 4,000-6,000
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