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                                                             TWO WHITE JADE PANELS
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             One of oval form incised to depict a scholar and boy attendant
                                                             walking on a rocky path between pine trees, on a perspex mount; the
                                                             other of quatrefoil form incised with a bat hovering above flowering
                                                             peonies emerging from behind a rock, mounted onto a white metal
                                                             box.
                                                             The largest: 12.5cm (5in) long (2).
                                                             £1,500 - 2,000
                                                             HK$15,000 - 19,000
                                                             CNY13,000 - 17,000
                                                             Provenance
            86                                               A London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s
                                                             and thence by descent.

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                                                             TWO JADE OVAL PLAQUES
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             The larger white jade plaque finely carved to depict a hu vase filled
                                                             flowering prunus branches, beside lingzhi fungus and bamboo
                                                             leaves, mounted with a wood back; the smaller pale green jade
                                                             plaque deeply carved with a vase filled with flowers supported on a
                                                             rock above waves and clouds, mounted into a European silver box
                                                             decorated with acanthus scroll and a heraldic crest.
                                                             The largest: 12cm (4 3/4in) long (2).

                                                             £1,000 - 1,500
                                                             HK$9,700 - 15,000
                                                             CNY8,500 - 13,000

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