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A white jade ‘horse and monkeys’ belt buckle
18th/19th century
The white stone unusually carved with the head shaped as a horse’s
head looking along the shaft carved with a reticulated pair of monkeys
each reaching for a pair of ripe peaches issuing from a leafy stem.
9cm (3½in) long
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$37,000 - 62,000 CNY29,000 - 49,000

十八/十九世紀 白玉雕「馬上封侯」帶鉤
Provenance: a European private collection
來源：歐洲私人收藏

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A set of nine white jade, gilt-bronze and
kingfisher-feather figures of immortals
157 Late Qing Dynasty

The miniature white jade figures each carved with an exaggerated
cranium and seated wearing a robe flowing from the shoulders over
the knees and feet, each figure carrying a gilt and kingfisher-feather
155Y peach and another Daoist symbol including a flywhisk, castanets, ruyi
A white jade ‘Immortal and peach’ plaque
18th/19th century sceptre, fan and crutch, each figure variously riding on an elephant
or mythical beasts including a qilin and a Buddhist lion, wood stand.
The even-toned oval jade carved in relief with a figure of a smiling Each figure 2.3cm (7/8in) high, overall with stand 13cm long (10).
Immortal raising his arms to catch a giant peach borne by a pair of
monkeys scrambling over a rocky outcrop above a waterfall, the £3,000 - 5,000
HK$37,000 - 62,000 CNY29,000 - 49,000
plaque mounted on an ornate wooden stand set with marine ivory.
The jade 10cm (4in) high (2)
£15,000 - 20,000 清晚期 白玉雕仙人騎點翠瑞獸九件一組
HK$190,000 - 250,000 CNY150,000 - 200,000 Provenance: a European private collection
來源：歐洲私人收藏
十八/十九世紀 白玉雕仙人摘桃紋牌，連木座

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