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A ROCK CRYSTAL PEACH-
FORM BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The box and cover are carved to form a
peach growing from a gnarled leafy branch,
perched to one end of the cover with a bat.
2 æ in. (7 cm.), long, box

HK$150,000-200,000
US$20,000-26,000

清十八 / 十九世紀
水晶刻福壽雙全桃形蓋盒

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A JADEITE 'SQUIRREL AND
GRAPES' WATER POT AND
COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY
The domed water pot is carved with a
squirrel presenting a grape perched on a
thinly carved leafy vine bearing further
grapes which coils around the vessel. The
cover is surmounted by a smiling boy on
one knee, holding the stem of a lotus pod
in one hand and a tasselled rope in the
other. The stone is of a mottled tone with
spinach and apple green inclusions.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high overall, Japanese
wood box
HK$240,000-350,000
US$31,000-45,000

晚清 翠玉松鼠葡萄紋水盂連蓋

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