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223 *
A WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ HAIRPIN
17th century
Carved in low relief with a writhing chilong
with finely incised hair, the stone of pale-white
tone with minor russet inclusions, box, 15cm
(5 8/9in) long; together with a brown jade
‘mythical beast’ bangle, Tang/Song dynasty,
box, 8.4cm (3 1/4in) diam.; and a brown jade
‘three-mask’ bangle, possibly Tang dynasty,
9.5cm (3 3/4in) diam. (5).

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000

十七世紀 白玉螭龍紋簪

Provenance: Durwin Tang Collection

來源：鄧德雍收藏

Compare with a similar white jade ‘chilong’
hairpin, 17th/18th century, which was sold at
Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2013, lot 293.

224 *
A VERY FINE WHITE JADE
‘TWIN-FISH’ PLAQUE
Finely carved in low relief, each side of
the plaque with a double-gourd-shaped 223
cartouche enclosing two fish hanging from
a ribboned chime, the semi-translucent
stone of an even white tone, box.
5.7cm (2 1/4in) long (2).
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY44,000 - 70,000
白玉雕「吉慶有餘」佩

Provenance: the Sze Yuan Tang Collection,
Hong Kong
Bonhams Hong Kong, The Sze Yuan Tang
Collection of Chinese Jades, 5 April 2016,
lot 61
Durwin Tang Collection

來源：香港思源堂舊藏
香港邦瀚斯，「溫玉物華一思源堂藏中國玉
器」專場，2016年4月5日，拍品編號61
鄧德雍收藏

The word ‘fish’ (yu 魚) shares the same
pronunciation as yu (餘), which translates
as ‘abundance’. It combines with the chime,
qing, to form a rebus of ‘may there be an
abundance of auspicious happiness’.

White jade plaques of purity and high quality
such as the present lot would have been given
to newlyweds of high status or social hierarchy.
Since fish are reputed to swim in pairs, they
symbolise conjugal bliss; their great reproductive
power further symbolise the wish for numerous
offspring and continuation of the family.
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