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四 40. Openwork pendant in the form of two felines touching each other head to tail, their long tails curled back and with delicate traces of

十 hairwork, the stone pure white.

1 ⅞ inches, 4.8 cm long.
雙 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
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墜 • From the collection of Mrs Luz Papasian, (1915-2013).

白 • A similar pendant, described as a double badger group, from the collection of Tuyet Nguyet, is illustrated by Tina Ye-wan Pang
玉 & Jane Sze in Virtuous Treasures, Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, An exhibition held by the University Museum and Art
Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2007-2008, no. 103, p. 179, where the author notes, ‘This smooth, tactile fondling jade

乾 is carved as a double badger group in a circular openwork composition. Two badgers (shuanghuan are a pun on conjugal joy)’;
隆 a similar pendant is illustrated by Yang Li Juan in The Deep Affection for Jade, The ROC Society of Art Collectors, no. 136, pp.

188/9; a further example, from the Guan-fu collection, is illustrated by James C. Y. Watt in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing,

Luz Papasian An Exhibition Held at Asia House Gallery, New York, 1980, no. 24, p. 50, where the author notes, ‘A pair of feline animals

gracefully touch rather than claw each other with their paws. Both have broad bushy tails curving back on their flanks.’

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