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A PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A
MAN
18th/19th century
Standing in flowing robes, holding a
necklace, the face wrinkled into a wide smile.
8cm (3 1/8in) high
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 19,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000
Provenance
A London private collection amassed
between the 1970s and 1990s and thence
by descent.
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A VERY PALE GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON
AND PHOENIX’ CARVED DISC, BI
19th century
The top carved with a sinuous dragon with
bifurcated tail grabbing a spray of lingzhi
fungus in the mouth beside the small
mythical bird, the reverse incised with taotie
masks.
8cm (3 1/8in) diam.
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$19,000 - 29,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000

Provenance
A London private collection amassed
between the 1970s and 1990s and thence
by descent.

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A WHITE JADE ‘CELESTIAL BOY’
CARVING
18th/19th century
The youth crouching on his arms and knees,
the head turned to the left, a long curling
lingzhi spray held between both hands and 84
extending over the shoulders to the feet.
7cm (2 3/4in) long

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 19,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000
Provenance
A London private collection amassed
between the 1970s and 1990s and thence
by descent.

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