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A BLACK AND PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A CAT TWO JADE CARVINGS OF HORSES AND A JADE CARVING OF
17th century A BUDDHIST LION
The recumbent animal grasping a large lingzhi branch in its mouth, Ming Dynasty
the mottled black and pale green stone with dark russet colour. The Buddhist lion carved recumbent with its head turned to the right,
7.5cm (3in) long with large bulbous eyes and floppy ears, the stone of pale green
tone with russet patches; both carvings of horses leaning with their
£1,500 - 2,000 legs tucked sideways, their heads turned sharply facing their backs,
HK$15,000 - 19,000 the larger of brown tone, the smaller of pale green tone with russet
CNY13,000 - 17,000 brown patches. The larger horse group: 6.2cm (2 1/2in) long (3).
131 £5,000 - 8,000
A PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A LUDUAN HK$49,000 - 78,000
17th century CNY43,000 - 68,000
Seated with the legs tucked beneath and the head turned to the left,
the bushy tail curved over the left leg, the eyes open wide, fitted box. Provenance
8.5cm (3 3/8in) long (2). John Sparks Ltd., London, 21 May 1989 (the brown horse). A
distinguished English private collection
£3,000 - 5,000 Compare with a related jade horse, probably Yuan or early Ming
HK$29,000 - 49,000 dynasty, illustrated by G.Tsang and H.Moss, Arts from the Scholar’s
CNY26,000 - 43,000 Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no.155.

See a related mottled green jade carving of a horse, Ming dynasty,
which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27 November 2018, lot 133.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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