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SIX WHITE JADE RINGS
Qing dynasty
The first of uneven form with russet patches to the exterior; the
second with a flattened side with a russet skin; the final four of
cylindrical form with inward-canted edge at the top, the stone an
even white color.
1 1/4in (3.2cm) diameter of largest
US$2,000 - 3,000
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A GROUP OF FOUR GOLD-MOUNTED JADE CARVINGS
The first a plaque of ovoid shape, carved in raised relief to depict a
child playing a wind instrument below a suspended chime reversed
by a four-character inscription and seals reading wen and wan, the
stone of grayish white hue mounted in a gold frame of butterfly and
floral openwork; the second a naturalistic cicada carved from stone
of grayish white hue within a gold frame of flowers and leaves; the
third a circular pendant of archaistic beast form carved from stone
of uniform whitish gray hue within a thin gold frame of stylized cloud
wisps and surrounding a gold fu-character; the fourth an intricately
reticulated square moth reversed by a tapered cylinder suspended
by a separately carved ring handle perhaps originally a feather holder,
the stone of slightly grayer hue and mounted in a gold frame of
phoenix and scrolling clouds.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) diameter of third and largest inclusive of frame
US$7,000 - 9,000 8093
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A GROUP OF FOUR JADE CARVINGS
Qing dynasty
Including a white jade carving of a recumbent ox, a pale greenish
white toggle of a recumbent ram, a white jade bi disc, and a pale
greenish white miniature carved seal with tortoise finial.
2 3/8in (5.2cm) length of largest
US$3,000 - 5,000
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