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A SMALL JADEITE CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
the rectangular body with rounded corners supported on three
short cabriole legs issuing from lion masks, the exterior carved
with taotie below a key fret-border at the rim, ß anked by two
mythical-beast handles suspending a loose ring, the Þ tted
cover with a clambering chilong, the smoothly polished stone
of a variegated green tone, pierced gilt-metal cover, wood
stand, Japanese wood box
(5)
8.8 cm, 3½ in.
಴ £ 6,000-8,000 US$ 8,500-11,300

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A PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO
CATS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
modelled in the form of two cats curled facing the tail of the
other, the larger cat with its paws overlapped on the left leg of
the smaller one which is playfully nuzzling its companion’s left
rear, the stone of a pale celadon with whitish inclusions
4.5 cm, 1¾ in.

PROVENANCE
H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of
Harewood (1897-1965) and thence by descent at Harewood
House, Yorkshire.
Christie’s London, 5th December 2012, lot 617 (part lot).
£ 1,500-2,000 US$ 2,150-2,850
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A WHITE JADE PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY
one side carved with a scholar seated in a log raft on the
banks of a river beneath branches of pine, inscribed Zhangzi
chengcha (Zhangzi riding a raft) set within a scrolled
cartouche, the reverse with a scholar standing in a fenced
garden beside rockwork and beneath branches of pine,
inscribed Nanguan baishi (Nanguan bows to rocks), the
polished stone of an even white tone
5 cm, 1⅞ in.
಴ £ 6,000-8,000 US$ 8,500-11,300

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