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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG FAMILY
COLLECTION
TWO WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘BADGERS’
GROUPS
QING DYNASTY

each depicting in openwork a pair of playful badgers
arranged head to tail, the stones of even white colour with 604
light russet inclusions
5 and 5.5 cm, 2 and 2⅛ in.
HK$ 26,000-40,000
US$ 3,350-5,100

清 白玉雙歡把件共二

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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG FAMILY
COLLECTION
A WHITE AND BROWN JADE ‘BUTTERFLY,
LINGZHI AND NUTS’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
superbly worked with the white and russet sections of the
stone to depict a butterfly fluttering over peanuts, a walnut
and a lingzhi branch
2.5 cm, 1 in.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550

清十九世紀 白玉靈芝把件
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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG FAMILY
COLLECTION
A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A PEAPOD AND A
GREY AND WHITE JADE RETICULATED ‘BIRD
AND LOTUS’ PENDANT
QING DYNASTY
one worked from a white pebble to depict a peapod
suspended from an openwork vine issuing leaves falling over
the pod, detailed with soft undulations; the other skilfully 606
worked with the grey and white sections of the stone to
render a bird soaring over a lotus bloom and pad
5.2 and 2.9 cm, 2 and 1⅛ in.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550

清 白玉豆筴及玉巧雕花鳥珮共二

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