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104 A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE
‘BOYS’ GROUP
㶭 曺 QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
⋩ 䌱 comprising two laughing boys, seated unrolling a scroll incised
ℓġ 晽 with a cluster of peaches and two ß ying bats, one boy with a
İġ 䪍 hand on the other’s back, the grayish-celadon stone with icy
⋩ ⫸ streaks, a patch of russet skin reserved at the scroll
ḅ ㈲
ᶾ ẞ
䲨ġġġ Length 2⅜ in., 6 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, acquired before 26th October 1981, no. 356.
$ 4,000-6,000

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105 A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A
BOY AND DRUM

㶭 䘥 QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Ḧ 䌱 the smiling boy seated with a drum turned on its side, two
昮ġġġ 晽 topknots on either side of the head, a bat perched on the proper
㑲 right shoulder, the folds of the drapery carved in low relief, a
溻 beribboned coin suspended on the back inscribed taiping, the
䪍 drum rimmed with a series of bosses on each side, the white
⫸ stone with occasional icy veins and a patch of faint russet
㈲ speckles
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Height 1¾ in., 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 19th February 1981.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 314.

$ 5,000-7,000
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