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A GROUP OF SEVEN SMALL JADE ANIMAL MODELS A GROUP OF FIVE JADE PLAQUES
The first of a recumbent ram and kid (chip); the second of a Late Qing/Republic period
recumbent ram issuing with its breath with a taiji disc; the third The first a garment buckle comprised of two fitted halves reticulated
depicting the three-legged toad of Liu Hai grasping a pomegranate in thin ovoid section in motifs of figures and scroll work, of calcified
branch (chip); the fourth a recumbent duck toggle with a vertical mottled oatmeal tinged in yellowish hue; the second thinly reticulated
hole through its back; the fifth a mandarin duck with a lotus leaf in in circular section to depict perhaps the Hehe twins, the stone
its mouth; the sixth of a fu-lion looking backward toward its climbing buff gray color striated in thin veins of darker brown; the third of
cub (chip); the last a recumbent horse balancing a precious pearl on rectangular shape consisting of a leaf carved in raised relief with
its arching tail (chip). the character xi and prunus blossoms surrounded by reticulated
3 /4in (8.2cm) length of fu-lion and cub bats, the stone of gray hue tinged in darker russet around the
periphery; the third of thin circular section reticulated to depict a
US$1,500 - 2,500 chime surrounded by vines and zoomorphic motifs of calcified buff
color with large patches of burnt umber and striated in thin veins of
6067 gray; the fifth of thinly sectioned prolate spheroid shape reticulated to
A GROUP OF NINE SMALL JADE AND HARDSTONE depict a chime and a bat, mostly grayish white with a patch of russet
DECORATIONS inclusions.
The first a miniature jadeite belt hook of sea-foam green color and 3 1/4in (8.2cm) length of fifth and largest
suspended from a gilt clasp; the second of thin ovoid section and
yellowish white hue reticulated as a bird seated beneath a mesh of US$2,000 - 3,000
branches; the third a compressed bi-disk incised in shallow relief
to perhaps depict a fossil, carved from mottled olive stone of very 6070
thin section; the fourth a miniature hollow cylinder of archaistic TWO JADE PLAQUES WITH FIGURE DECORATION
cong-shape carved from oatmeal and gray colored stone; the fifth a The first of rounded rectangular form with strap-work dragons
stylized recumbent beast incised in leiwen patterns from gray stone framing a square reserve depicting a beauty at a circular window
flecked in russet inclusions; the sixth of archaistic diamond shape reversed by a ten-character inscription and signature plaque reading
carved from black hued stone; the seventh a single thin-sectioned Fuzhen (chipped); the second depicting a baby boy holding a fungus
square plaque incised from grayish white stone to depict a deer, the plant in a shaped rectangular reserve below a suspension hole within
reverse covered in scrolling patterns surrounding two holes drilled a crown of curling clouds, the reverse carved with a rectangular seal
for suspension to a larger object; the eighth a russet colored bi-disk reading yu tang fu gui (chipped).
incised in beast motifs to both sides; and the ninth a lock shaped 2 3/16 and 2 1/2in (5.7 and 6.4cm) high
pendant carved in a floral sprig on one side and reversed by an
inscription reading changshou fugui, the stone of slightly off-white US$1,500 - 2,500
hue.
2 3/4in (7cm) width of last 6071
TWO JADE PENDANTS
US$1,500 - 2,500 Both rendered as circular frames beneath a scrolling top border and
enclosing separately carved interior medallions, the first reticulated
Due to the large number of items in this lot, condition reports and as an archaistic beast encircling a shou character, and the second
photographs of individual pieces will not be available. unusually depicting a spider or tick; the stone of whitish hue subtly
mottled in cloudy inclusions.
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 2 1/8 (5.4cm) high
6068 US$1,500 - 2,000
A GROUP OF THREE JADE BI-DISKS
The first incised in bird and flower motifs and reversed by incised 6072
archaistic scroll work; the second incised in bagua trigrams and A GROUP OF THREE JADE LOTUS ROOT SECTIONS
reversed by raised bosses; the third incised in raised bosses and All of asymmetrical and irregularly section and perforated by
reversed by a branch of lotus and Buddha’s Hand Citron; all of numerous holes to depict thin slices of lotus root; the stone of green
grayish white hue. gray hue mottled in several veins of cloudy inclusions and isolated
2 3/8in (6cm) diameter of first and largest areas of russet ‘skin.’
2 3/4in (7cm) width of widest
US$1,500 - 2,500
US$1,200 - 1,800
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A GROUP OF THREE RETICULATED JADE PENDANTS
Late Qing/Republic period
All of thin section, the first of ovoid shape carved to depict two
confronting archaistic dragons, the stone of mottled off-white hue;
the second of circular shape depicting a dragonfly or other insect,
the stone of darker mottled nearly chicken-bone color; the third also
circular depicting a beauty, the stone of more whitish shades.
2 1/8in (5.3cm) length of second and largest
US$1,500 - 2,500
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