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Three pale green jade carvings
18th/19th century
Comprising a boy holding aloft a floral spray beside another
smaller boy climbing on a double-gourd, 5.6cm (2 1/8in) high;
a group of two felines playing with a lingzhi fungus, 4cm
(1¾in) long; and a gnarled branch issuing two slender melons,
7cm (2¾in) long. (3).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000 CNY19,000 - 28,000

十八/十九世紀 青玉雕擺件三件

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

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A very fine white jade carving of a recumbent hound
Ming Dynasty
The charming hound carved with a gentle expression lying
with its head resting between its front paws and the hind legs
curled up towards the head, the long tails sweeping up over
the spine.
5cm (2in) long
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$94,000 - 140,000 CNY75,000 - 110,000

明 白玉雕臥犬

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏
As noted by J.Rawson in Chinese Jades from the Neolithic
to the Qing, London, London, 1995, pp.366-367, ceramic
figures of hounds were made from the Han period and coiled
exampels are known from as early as the fourth or fifth century
AD. Jade hounds with crossed fore paws and defined spine and
ribs are typically dated to the Song Dynasty, see ibid., no.26:10;
see also Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pls.98-99
and 107. The carving of the present white jade hound would
suggest a later date, within the Ming Dynasty period; for
a Ming Dynasty jade carving of a hound, see Chinese Jade
Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pl.156.

The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品

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A pale green jade carving of a ram and boy
18th century
The well carved ram recumbent with its hooves tucked
underneath the body, the head upright with long curling
horns and a flowing beard, with a laughing boy riding on its
back holding aloft a spray of flowering prunus over his right
shoulder.
8cm (3¼in) long
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$59,000 - 94,000 CNY47,000 - 75,000

十八世紀 青玉雕童子騎羊

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