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A WHITE AND BROWN JADE ‘DOUBLE BADGER’ CARVING Provenance
17th/18th century S.Marchant & Son Ltd., London, Chinese jade from Han-Qing,
Smoothly carved as two interlocking recumbent badgers, their heads London, 2005, no.61
turned to face one another, the stone of white tone with light brown A distinguished English private collection
patches cleverly used to highlight the smaller badger. 6.3cm (2 1/2in)
long. 143
A PALE GREEN JADE RETICULATED PLAQUE
£1,500 - 2,000 Ming Dynasty
HK$15,000 - 20,000 Carved with a butterfly amongst leafy lotus stems within a border of
CNY13,000 - 18,000 concave roundels.
5.7cm (2.1/4in) long.
Provenance
Michael Wilcox Ltd., London, 26 July 1988 £600 - 800
A distinguished English private collection HK$6,000 - 8,000
CNY5,300 - 7,000
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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A PHOENIX 144
AND YOUNG A JADE ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
Ming Dynasty Ming Dynasty
Smoothly carved as a recumbent phoenix and its chick, detailed with Of rectangular form, carved in relief with an ascending and
feathered wings and elaborate plumage, their heads gently swayed descending dragon above foaming waves, the stone of mottled
to the reverse and holding a lotus branch together, the stone is of a creamy-brown tone. 7.7cm (3in) wide.
green and russet tone, wood stand. 7.5cm (2 7/8in) wide (2).
£600 - 800
£2,000 - 3,000 HK$6,000 - 8,000
HK$20,000 - 30,000 CNY5,300 - 7,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

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