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A CARVED JADEITE MOUNTAIN                                                 A CARVED NEPHRITE RECUMBENT HORSE
Contemporary                                                              Late Qing/Republic period
Of irregularly ovoid horizontal thin section partially hollowed out from  Carved with pert ears, flaring nostrils, alert expression and an
one side to depict a scholar under a pine tree pointing at birds and      elaborately incised mane, peering toward his haunches and tail held
the sun; the stone veined in streaks of of pine, seafoam, and olive       aloft; the stone striated in hues of grays and displaying patches of
green.                                                                    russet color.
15in (38cm) long                                                          10 1/4in (26cm) long

US$2,000 - 3,000                                                          US$2,000 - 3,000

PROPERTY FROM THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM,                                    6166
PORTLAND, OREGON, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM                              A GROUP OF THREE CARVED JADE VEGETABLE PENDANTS
ACQUISITION FUND                                                          Late Qing/Republic period
                                                                          Each similarly rendered as irregularly ovoid elongated groups of
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A GREEN JADE CARVING OF A LEAPING CARP                                    suspended from a reticulated mesh of stems on one end; the first
The fish with partially hollowed body posed leaping upward from           of whitish hue marked by dark inclusions, the second of buff white
an ovoid base of scudding waves, the medium olive-green matrix            color, the third of slight green tint.
marked with opaque straw colored inclusions and natural fissure lines     3 1/4in (8.2cm) length of longest
(minor chips).
6 1/8in (15.5cm) high                                                     US$2,000 - 3,000

US$500 - 700                                                              6167
                                                                          A GROUP OF FOUR JADE DECORATIONS
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS                                              Including one compressed ovoid pebble of mottled whitish hue
                                                                          now drilled for use as a snuff bottle; one pendant of russet and
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A GROUP OF FOUR JADE CARVINGS                                             one thin rectangular pendant with rounded corners and incised
All carved from stone of varied hues of grayish white, the first a        archaistic decorations of black and white striated hue; and one long
recumbent water buffalo; the second an unadorned bi-disk of thin          thin rectangular piece of jade carved as archaistic sword furniture
section; the third a simply-rendered recumbent feline; and the fourth     adorned in Han-inspired geometric patterns, the stone of yellow and
an unmarked seal of rectangular section surmounted by a small turtle      gray color.
finial.                                                                   3in (7.2cm) length of last and longest
2 1/4in (5.7cm) width of first and largest
                                                                          US$2,000 - 3,000

US$2,000 - 3,000

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