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A GROUP OF SIXTEEN MINIATURE JADE CARVINGS
The first of a baby boy carrying a peach branch (chip); the second a 6142
toggle in the form of two peaches hanging from a common branch A JADE PLAQUE MOUNTED WITHIN A GILT FRAME
(chip); seven flower-shaped buttons, each with five petals and one The circular plaque intricately reticulated to depict five bats
with six-petals (some with chips); three mottled green and white surrounding a central shou medallion from stone of white hue,
plaques of leaf shape (some with chips); the fourteenth a bat-form mounted within an elaborately filigreed frame with floriform
toggle with transverse drill hole (chip); and two other plaques, one of edges adorned in green and red enameled floral motifs along
a six-petal blossom, the other of a circular sectioned peach branch. one side.
2in (5cm) width of bat-form toggle 4 1/4in (10.8cm) height of frame;
2in (5cm) diameter of plaque
US$1,000 - 1,500
US$800 - 1,200
Due to the large number of items in this lot, condition reports and
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A GROUP OF SIX JADE CARVING
The first a reticulated circular pendant finished on both sides as a
bat facing a cash coin, white metal suspension loop; the second
a button deeply undercut to one side as a peony flower with two
tiny drill holes through the center (chipped); the third a reticulated
oval plaque finished to one side as the Hehe twins; the fourth a
reticulated butterfly pendant finished on both sides, with yellow metal
suspension loops (chipped); the fifth a reticulated rectangular plaque
engraved on both sides as a baby boy standing amid lotus plants
(chipped); the sixth a reticulated rectangular plaque finished on both
sides as a bird amid flowering branches.
3 1/4in (8.3cm) length across butterfly plaque

US$1,000 - 1,500

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

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A GROUP OF FIFTEEN JADE PLAQUES WITH RETICULATED
FIGURAL DECORATION
Qing dynasty
Each thinly sectioned example intricately reticulated to depict a
boat or beast amid waves and beneath scroll work and figures, six
of the plaques depicting three figures possibly the Three Stars of
Happiness, the remaining nine plaques depicting single figures, all
appear to be male and without identifying iconography; the stone of
green gray hue (firmly mounted on a black velvet pad).
2in (5cm) approximate width of most

US$1,500 - 2,000

Due to the large number of items in this lot, condition reports and
photographs of individual pieces will not be available.