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A PALE GREEN JADE INCENSE BURNER 149
Ming Dynasty
Of archaistic form, with rounded sides rising from a short
foot, carved in low relief with stylised taotie masks below
a waisted neck with curling chilong interspersed with
animal heads and key-fret, flanked with dragon-headed
loop handles, the stone of a pale green tone with russet,
grey and cloudy inclusions, with wood stand.
17cm (6 7/8in) wide (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000 CNY28,000 - 46,000

明 青白玉仿古饕餮紋簋式爐

148
A PALE GREEN JADE GROTTO GROUP
19th century
The group carved in deep relief with the lady
immortal Magu wearing long, flowing robes,
holding a peach and standing on a ledge beside an
attendant, all within the pierced walls of a grotto and
plantain leaves, the softly polished stone of opaque
tone.
18.5cm (7 2/8in) high.

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000

十九世紀 青白玉麻姑獻壽山子

Provenance: a distinguished Belgian private
collection

來源： 顯貴比利時私人收藏

149
A SMALL ‘CHICKEN-BONE’ JADE BOULDER
18th century
Finely carved with a group of boys playing, one boy
carrying a flag and beating a drum to announce the
arrival of the boy on a hobby-horse, followed by
another boy pretending to be an attendant carrying
a lotus parasol, another boy releases a bird while
another clambers above the boulder to peek on the
passing procession below, on the reverse a floral
spray, the stone of beige tone with russet inclusions
and characteristic black striations, wood stand.
10cm (4in) wide (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000 CNY28,000 - 46,000

十八世紀 雞骨白玉嬰戲圖小山子

Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd., London (label)
An English private collection, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.（標籤）
英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今