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□ 472 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE FAMILY COLLECTION
A PALE CELADON JADE SCHOLAR’S ROCK
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
standing on a narrow foot and expanding towards the top,
detailed with a chilong peeking through the stone and a lingzhi
sprig, the perforated stone with icy inclusions, Oriental House
label and wood stand
20.5 cm, 8⅛ in.

HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,600-3,850
清十八至十九世紀 青白玉螭龍紋供石

□ 473 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE FAMILY COLLECTION
A WHITE JADE RETICULATED ‘DRAGON’
PLAQUE
YUAN – MING DYNASTY

of rectangular form with cusped corners, reticulated with a
dragon writhing amongst floral scrolls, the white stone with
472 russet inclusions, Japanese box
9 cm, 3½ in.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,600
A similar Yuan dynasty plaque was sold in these rooms, 1st
December 2016, lot 47, from the Muwen Tang collection.
Compare also a ‘chilong and flower’ plaque excavated from
the Yuan dynasty site at Tianjiawan, Xi’an, and now in the
Xi’an Institute of Archaeology, and illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2005, vol. 14,
pl. 219.
元至明 白玉透雕穿花龍紋牌飾

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