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                                                             A SPINACH JADE ‘PHOENIX AND PLUM TREE’ DOUBLE VASE
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             Formed as two gnarled trunks, carved in openwork relief with a
                                                             phoenix perched on a pine branch amongst blossoming prunus, a
                                                             large open lingzhi fungus surrounded by fruiting lingzhi branches to
                                                             one side, carved wood stand.
                                                             The jade: 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high (2).
                                                             £3,000 - 5,000
                                                             HK$29,000 - 49,000
                                                             CNY26,000 - 43,000
                                                             Provenance:
                                                             Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), Drouot, Paris
                                                             Messrs Lair-Dubreuil and Portier, 16-18 November 1925
                                                             Carlos Alfredo Tornquist Altgelt (1885-1953)
                     123 (O. Ramos Oromi Y Cia. catalogue,   O. Ramos Oromi y Cia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 27-29 July 1936,
                     1936)                                   lot 277

                                                             124
                                                             A WHITE JADE ‘GOOSE’ PENDANT
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             The recumbent goose with its long neck extending to the head in a
                                                             coiled position, its beak grasping a lotus stem, flanked at the sides
                                                             with incised feathery wings, the stone of a brilliant white colour with
                                                             russet inclusions, fitted box.
                                                             5cm (2in) long (2).

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


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