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A fine white jade carving of a dragon
Probably 14th/15th century
The pendant carved as a dragon crouching proudly
with arched back on a base carved with cloud-like
scrolls, 4.5cm (1¾in) high; together with a grinning
Buddhist lion and cub group, 19th century,
5cm (2in) long. (2).
£5,000 - 6,000
HK$62,000 - 75,000
CNY49,000 - 59,000
或十四/十五世紀 白玉雕雲龍紋擺件

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An unusual pale green jade ‘duck’
carving and a pale green jade
‘praying mantis on bitter melon’
brush washer
18th/19th century
Carved on both sides in an archaistic style as a
mother duck with a wheel on each side and long
curving tail feathers sheltering a chick tied to its
mother by a rope, a further wheel and flattened
finial under the tail of the duck; together with a
brush washer formed as a hollow bitter melon
issuing from a leafy branch beside a smaller melon
fruit, a delicately-carved praying mantis perched
atop the larger fruit.
The larger 14.3cm (5 5/8in) long (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$37,000 - 62,000
CNY29,000 - 49,000
十八/十九世紀 青玉雕仿古鴨紋擺件及青玉雕苦瓜
式洗(共兩件)
Provenance: an English private collection
來源：英國私人收藏

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