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A CARVED JADE WATER COUPE
Depicting a small scholar official, likely the Han dynasty explorer
Zhang Qian, seated in an elongated irregular ovoid vessel surrounded
by raised-relief lotus blossoms and leaves and raised upon churning
waves; carved from well-polished stone of greenish-white hue
mottled in isolated cloudy inclusions.
4in (10cm) long
US$2,500 - 4,000
8081
A WHITE JADE BI DISC WITH CHILONG DESIGN
Qing dynasty
The young dragon depicted grasping in its mouth a lingzhi fungus,
the surfaces raised in rounded relief with tiny line-incised details and
reversed by four cross-hatched chevrons surrounded by C-scrolls,
the stone showing a very pale celadon cast.
2in (5cm) diameter
US$2,500 - 4,000
