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98 A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE
‘PEACH’ CARVING
㶭 湫 QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
⋩ 䌱 the spherical fruit with a short leaÞ ng stem, the leaves carved
ḅ 晽 in high relief and curling at the edges, a bat carved in low relief
ᶾ 䤷 clinging to the lower half of the peach, the warm yellow stone
䲨ġġġ ⢥ with patches and streaks of russet
暁
ℐ
㈲ Height 2⅛ in., 5.4 cm
ẞ
PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, London, 8th April 1986.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 460.
$ 6,000-8,000
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99 A YELLOW JADE ‘BOY AND
HOBBY HORSE’ GROUP

㶭ġġġ 湫 QING DYNASTY
䌱 carved in the round as a boy standing astride the hobby horse
晽 holding the reins in one hand, carrying a leafy lotus spray over
忋 the shoulder in the other, the smiling face, hair, loose drapery,
䓇 and horse’s face deftly carved, the stone an even greenish-
屜 yellow, wood stand (2)
⫸
㈲
ẞ Height 2⅝ in., 6.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, London, 8th April 1986.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 458.
$ 5,000-7,000
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