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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘BUDDHIST LION AND CUB’ BOX AND A GROUP OF THREE PALE JADE ‘MONKEY’ CARVINGS
COVER AND AN ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN JADE VASE AND 19th/20th century
COVER, HU Comprising: a white jade carving of a monkey embracing its infant,
Qing Dynasty the two holding a peach together; and two further ‘monkey and
The box of oval section with short sides, surmounted by a tall domed infant’ groups, each carved in reticulation from a very pale green,
cover with oversized finial in the form of a stylised lion and cub; and almost white stone. The largest: 4.5cm (1 3/4in) high (3).
a flattened pear-shaped vase and cover, the body with paired loose-
ring handles. The box, 8.2cm wide; the vase, 10.7cm high (4). £1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
£1,500 - 2,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
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A JADE CARVING OF A GOOSE
Provenance Late Qing Dynasty
The head turned to the reverse, grasping a lingzhi spray in its beak,
a Spanish private collection, and thence by descent the white stone with creamy inclusions, carved wooden box 7cm
(2.3/4in) long. (2).
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A JADE ‘CARP’ SNUFF BOTTLE AND A JADE ‘BOY CARVING’ £1,000 - 2,000
Qing Dynasty HK$10,000 - 20,000
The first carved from a creamy brown stone, modelled as a carp with CNY8,800 - 18,000
a lotus stem issuing from its open mouth; the second of pale green
stone, modelled as a smiling boy reclining against a drum. The boy 152
8.5cm (3.3/8in) long. (2). A RUSSET SKINNED JADE CARVING OF A CAT
Qing Dynasty
£1,000 - 1,500 The recumbent feline grasping a mouse between its front paws, the
stone with russet, cream and black inclusions. 6.5cm (2.1/2in) long.
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
£3,000 - 4,000
HK$30,000 - 40,000
CNY26,000 - 35,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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