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112 A YELLOWISH-BEIGE JADE
ORNAMENT
大 䌱 WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
␐ġġġ 梦 the ß at stone symmetrically carved as two confronting scrolls,
with three short protruding ß anges on the sides, centering two
comma-shaped apertures, the surface further incised with
curvilinear scrolls and two ovals, the reverse undecorated, the
stone a warm yellow-beige with opaque ß ecks and traces of
cinnabar

Width 2½ in., 6.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Eastern PaciÞ c Co., Hong Kong, 5th February 1988.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 84.
$ 5,000-7,000
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113 A BROWN AND GREEN JADE
CARVING OF A FISH
⓮ 䌱 SHANG - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
军 晽
大 欂 the long ß at body sharply arched and carefully incised with
large round eyes, gill covers, a long dorsal Þ n and two lower Þ ns,
␐ġġġ ⼊ striated lines describing the Þ ns, the mouth and tail each pierced
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with a small hole, the stone a translucent mossy green shifting to
speckled brown
Length 3½ in., 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 12th March 1981.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 9.
$ 5,000-7,000
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