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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
6163 beans, eggplants and/or gourds within vine or leafy tendrils and
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
6164 yellow-green colored jade carved in thinly convex abstract shape;
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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