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□ 651 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

AN INSCRIBED CELADON JADE
‘BODHIDHARMA’ MEDALLION
QING DYNASTY, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY

of circular form, carved in high relief on the front with the
Patriarch Bodhidharma riding on a stalk of millet, incised
around the rim with a gilt twenty character poem, miao ji zhen
li xing, qing yuan li kong wang, zhao yi shen zhi jing, ming yuan
shi zhong chang, the reverse with a further fifty-six character
inscription, the stone of a translucent yellowish green colour
9.7 cm, 3¾ in.
the inscription on the reverse of this votive plaque explains that
the twenty characters in the front of the plaque can be read as a
poem from any starting point, forming up to forty poems in all.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550
651

清十八至十九世紀
652 青白玉題詩浮雕達摩像圓牌

REVERSE
PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG COLLECTION
TWO CARVED IVORY BRUSHPOTS
LATE MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY
the largest well carved in low relief with foreign merchant
bivouacking on the silk road by moonlight, with a camel and
a walled gate in the distance, inscribed with a four characters
poem pertaining to the scene, the smaller brushpot carved in
the form of a section of bamboo with to insects hovering by
13 and 8.6 cm, 5⅛ and 3⅜ in.
◉ HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,100
明末至清初 牙雕「關山夜月圖」及竹節
筆筒共二

detail

652

653
A BRONZE ‘BOY ON BUFFALO’ INCENSE
BURNER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY
cast as a boy reclining against a basket and seated atop a
recumbent buffalo, the animal poised with its head raised
and mouth open
18.5 cm, 7¼ in.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550

653 明 銅騎牛童子蓋爐

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