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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘IMMORTALS’ PLAQUE
19th century
The stone of very pale green tone and crisply carved in shallow relief
with an Immortal wearing loose flowing robes, standing on a cloud,
carrying a basket of lingzhi fungus and leafy sprigs, the reverse carved
with another Immortal crossing the sea on a large branch with ripe
peaches, all beneath stylised ruyi-head clouds.
7.3cm (2 7/8in) long

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

十九世紀 青白玉仙人圖牌

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A FINE PALE GREEN JADE POMANDER AND COVER
19th century
Shaped as a truncated dome borne on an entwined lotus stem,
elaborately carved with openwork designs depicting the Buddhist
Emblems and flower heads on a diaper ground, surmounted by a
blossoming lotus-shaped cover, the pomander of even pale green tone
and the cover of spinach green tone.
6.5cm (2 1/2in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000 181
HK$22,000 - 33,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000

十九世紀 青白玉鏤雕八吉祥紋小香薰

Jade pomanders were popular in the Qing Court as demonstrated
by a number of extant examples, Qing dynasty, illustrated by Zheng
Xinmiao, ed., Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade
9 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2010, pls.175-184.

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