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160 A FINE PALE GREEN JADE LINGZHI AND BAT GROUP
19 0 | BONHAMS 17th/18th century
Naturalistically carved in the form of a cluster of lingzhi fungus
growing from a stem, a small bat perched on the edge grasping a
pomegranate, the stone of a pale green tone with minor russet and
cloudy white inclusions.
9cm (3 1/2in) wide

£18,000 - 24,000 CNY170,000 - 220,000
HK$200,000 - 260,000

十七/十八世紀 青白玉靈芝把件

The bat (fu 蝠), a homophone for ‘good fortune’ (fu 福), and lingzhi
fungus (lingzhi 靈芝), a pun for ‘inspiration’ (ling 靈), create a rebus for
the blessing ‘May you be inspired when good fortunes arrive’.

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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A WHITE JADE BOY CARVING AND A VERY PALE GREEN JADE
LINGHZI FUNGUS CARVING
18th century
The first a boy carved lying on his front with head turned to the left,
holding a billowing scarf around his neck, the white translucent stone
of even tone, 6cm (2 3/8in) long; the second a carving of a lingzhi
fungus with a thick, curled stem underneath the cap, the very pale
green stone of semi-translucent tone,
5.9cm (2 3/8in) wide (2).

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

十八世紀 白玉童子及青白玉覃菌把件 一組兩件

Provenance: Louis Joseph, London (label) (lingzhi fungus)
An English private collection

來源: 倫敦古董商Louis Joseph（標籤）（青白玉覃菌）
英國私人收藏