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185 A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF TWO
BADGERS
18th century
Finely carved as a pair of playful badgers intimately
curled towards each other, each grasping a leafy
sprig of lingzhi fungus in its mouth, the stone of pale
tone with cloudy white inclusions, with stand.
6.5cm (2 1/2in) wide (2).

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

十八世紀 青白玉雙獾銜靈把件

Provenance: A distinguished European private
collection

來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏

185 Y
A FINE WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SEAL
18th/19th century
Finely carved with a dynamic chilong with bifurcated
tail twisting and coiling around a square loop handle
with its head turned back, a further smaller chilong
carved on the side peers above, the pale white
stone with russet inclusions, wood stand.
3.8cm (1 1/2in) long (2).

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

十八/十九世紀 白玉蟠螭鈕印章

Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection

來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏

Compare a related white jade ‘chilong’ paperweight,
Qing dynasty, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed.,
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade 9 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2010, pl.49.