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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品 284 *

282 * A matched set of four white-metal jade-inlaid
ewers and covers
19th century, the jades Ming Dynasty and later
A pair of archaistic white metal ‘cockerel’ Two of the ewers set with a reticulated pale green jade plaque on
ewers and covers, he
Each raised on three straight legs with the squat lobed body each side, each surrounded by repoussé Daoist Emblems, the spout
formed as the head of a makara and the handle as a slender chilong
decorated with an archaistic band containing confronted birds with dragon neck, one finial carved as a figure from amber and another
coral beads for eyes divided by flanges against a leiwen ground
beneath a narrow band containing stylised dragons, the spout of as a jade double gourd; the third ewer set with two flat jade plaques
carved in low relief with figures in a rocky landscape and the handle
each ewer formed as the feathered head of a cockerel set opposite of the ewer set with a chilong jade belt buckle, the jade finial carved
the fine lopped handle, each cover with two bands of stylised
dragons divided by three flanges and surmounted by a bird-shaped as a duck; the fourth ewer with tear-shaped jade plaques each
carved with a clambering chilong dragon in high relief surrounded by
finial rising from waves, wood stands. Each ewer 23cm (9in) long (6). the Eight Buddhist Emblems in chased white-metal, the spout issuing
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$37,000 - 62,000 CNY29,000 - 49,000 from the mouth of a makara. The tallest 28cm (11in) high (4).
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$62,000 - 100,000 CNY49,000 - 79,000
白金屬仿古鳥紋三足雞首盉一對
Provenance: a Western private collection 十九世紀 白金屬嵌玉執壺四件（玉器屬明或更晚）

來源：西方私人收藏 Provenance: a Western private collection

283 * 來源：西方私人收藏

A group of white-metal and jade-inlaid vessels
The vessels Qing Dynasty with the jades Qing Dynasty or earlier
Comprising a tripod incense burner and cover, the body set with
two jade plaques and flanked by jade loose-ring handles, the finial
with a spinach jade bird; two white-metal moonflasks, each body
set on each side with a jade plaque and the smaller moonflask with
a jade monkey as the finial; a white-metal skull-shaped bowl and
cover surmounted by a coral bead beneath a vajra; and a three-sided
reticulated white-metal stand with flames on each side and smiling
heads at each corner. The tallest approx. 25.5cm (10in) high (9).
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$62,000 - 100,000 CNY49,000 - 79,000

清 白金屬嵌玉器皿五件（玉器屬清或更早）
Provenance: a Western private collection

來源：西方私人收藏