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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
THREE JADE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ CARVINGS
MING AND QING DYNASTY
all three carved recumbent, one with its head sharply turned
backward, worked from a fine white jade stone with russet
highlights; the black jade beast with its head resting on its
forepaws, its flat underside revealing a pale celadon vein
4 to 5.1 cm, 1⅝ to 2 in.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550

明及清 玉雕三件

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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A WHITE JADE ‘BOY’ PENDANT
EARLY QING DYNASTY
carved in the form of a merry boy crouching on a disc and
holding another one aloft in his left hand, the smoothly
polished stone of even white colour
8.2 cm, 3¼ in.

HK$ 8,000-12,000
US$ 1,050-1,550
清初 白玉童子

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□ 829 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
EIGHT CELADON JADE PENDANT AND A
BROWN JADE ‘SKULL’ CARVING
QING DYNASTY
of various subjects including double gourds, mandarin ducks
an coiled chilong, together with a white jade tubular finial; the
reddish brown jade skull probably meant to represent the
skull of an ape
largest 5 cm, 2 in.
HK$ 8,000-12,000
US$ 1,050-1,550
清 玉飾九件

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