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A PAIR OF SMALL WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ TOGGLES                                     A PALE CELADON JADE ‘CHICKEN HEART’ PENDANT
18TH CENTURY                                                                     14TH-15TH CENTURY

Each toggle is crisply carved with a sinuous chilong weaving in and out of       The pendant is carved with an ovoid opening surrounded by a sinuous, single-
dense cloud scrolls. The stone is of an even white tone.                         horned qilin clambering on top and a smaller stylised kui-dragon to one side.
1º in. (3.2 cm.) long                                                            The stone is of an even pale tone with white inclusions and a few russet veins.
                                                                                 2æ in. (7 cm.) long
                                                                            (2)

£15,000-20,000   $19,000-25,000                                                  £15,000-20,000                   $19,000-25,000
                 €18,000-23,000                                                                                   €18,000-23,000

清十八世紀 白玉螭龍紋勒子一對                                                                  PROVENANCE

                                                                                 Formerly in an Asian collection

                                                                                 明十四/十五世紀 青白玉麒麟紋雞心珮
                                                                                 來源:亞洲私人舊藏

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