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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN INSCRIBED CELADON AND RUSSET
JADE ‘SCHOLAR’ PEBBLE
QING DYNASTY

one face carved with three scholars and a boy beneath a
gnarled pine tree, the reverse with an inscription and a wan
seal mark, the stone with russet veining
9 cm, 3½ in.
HK$ 10,000-20,000
US$ 1,300-2,600
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清 青白玉高仕圖題字卵石 Two Views
兩面
「玩」字

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AN INSCRIBED ROCK CRYSTAL INKSTICK
REST
SIGNED ZIGANG, QING DYNASTY
of curved form, the convex surface carved with dragons
writhing among scrolls, the underside with an inscription and
signed Zigang, wood stand
12.5 cm, 4⅞ in.
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,600-3,850
清 水晶龍紋刻字墨床
《子岡》款

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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A HAN-STYLE PALE CELADON JADE
‘CHILONG’ DISC
QING DYNASTY

carved in openwork in the form of a coiling chilong, with a
smaller chilong on its back, the pale yellowish-celadon stone
mottled with faint calcified cloudy inclusions
7.5 cm, 3 in.
For the prototype to this disc attributed to the Eastern Han
dynasty, similarly carved with coiled dragons in an inner
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and outer ring, see one illustrated in Zhonguo yuqi quanji Two Views
[Complete collection of Chinese jades], vol. 4, Shijiazhuang, 兩面
1993, pl. 250.
HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,200

清 青白玉螭龍紋環
參考東漢玉浮雕龍紋璧，如《中國玉器全集》，卷4，石
家莊，1993年，圖版250。

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