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A PALE GREEN JADE HAIR ORNAMENT
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Expertly carved with a curled top and coiled
at the ends to resemble a scroll, the upper
surface worked with raised ribs, the interior
hollow to fit over a topknot, the sides pierced
through with an aperture to secure a pin, the
stone of a pale green colour with milky-white
inclusions. 6cm (2 3/8in) wide.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
元/明 青白玉雕發冠

Provenance: a distinguished Italian private
collection formed circa 1930s-1940s, and
thence by descent

來源：意大利顯貴私人收藏，成形於約二十
世紀三十至四十年代，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a similar pale green jade hair 136
ornament, Yuan/Ming dynasty, illustrated
by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to
Ch’ing, New York, 1980, pl.190, p.197. A
related green and russet jade hair ornament,
Ming dynasty, was sold at Sotheby’s New
York, 16 September 2014, lot 568.
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A WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ PENDANT
Mid Qing Dynasty
Crisply carved in the round with two
interlocking sinuous chilong with bifurcated
tails crawling over an oblong disc, the stone of
a white translucent tone highlighted by small
russet inclusions. 5.6cm (2 2/8in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
清中期 白玉雕螭龍佩

Provenance: a distinguished Italian private
collection formed circa 1930s-1940s, and
thence by descent

來源：意大利顯貴私人收藏，成形於約二十 137
世紀三十至四十年代，並由後人保存迄今
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A CARVED PALE GREEN JADE ‘QILIN’
DOUBLE-SIDED PLAQUE
18th/19th century
Well carved with a crouching qilin seated with
its head turned back and eyes in an intent gaze
beneath its horns, beside a beribboned scroll
and a flying bat, the details of its scales and
bushy tail finely rendered, the polished stone
of an even pale tone with very few cloudy and
russet inclusions. 8.3cm (3 5/8in) wide.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

十八/十九世紀 青白玉雙面雕麒麟佩

Provenance: a distinguished Italian private
collection formed circa 1930s-1940s, and
thence by descent

來源：意大利顯貴私人收藏，成形於約二十
世紀三十至四十年代，並由後人保存迄今
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