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113 fig. 1 A pale 113
green jade A pale green jade group of a camel and two badgers
114 carving of a
150 | Bonhams camel and 18th century
badgers, Qing
Dynasty; image The even-toned jade carved as a camel turning its head over its body, the
courtesy of the
Palace bearded chin resting on the front hump and a long tail curling over its
Museum,
Beijing. right hind leg, the incised eyes gazing with affection at one bushy-tailed

badger playing on its back as another badger crouches by its forelegs

looking back up at the camel, wood stand.
13cm (5in) long (2).
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$59,000 - 94,000 CNY47,000 - 75,000

十八世紀 青玉雕駱駝

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

Compare a related pale green jade group of a camel with two
clambering badgers, Qing Dynasty, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed.,
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 9 - Qing
Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pl.144 (see fig.1 left).

114
A white jade carving of a toad

19th century

Unusually carved as a crouching toad on four webbed feet, head

raised and grasping in its mouth a leafy branch bearing two heavy

pomegranate fruit, one bursting open to reveal its seeds.
5.2cm (2in) long
£6,000 - 8,000
HK$71,000 - 94,000 CNY56,000 - 75,000

十九世紀 白玉雕蟾蜍