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SEVEN SMALL ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE
CARVINGS
Late Qing Dynasty
The axe-form pendant of rounded triangular form and bulging convex
on the wide sides, the tip perforated, the cutting edge curved and
beveled on both sides, the mottled green stone stained black in areas;
the short cong of square sides and circular mouth rims, the celadon
stone stained black in areas; the bi disc with pitted surface degraded
to a cream color; the slender cong decorated with four rows of double
panels incised with strips and circles, divided by a band at the waist,
finished on each end with a short circular neck and a band of three
ridges, the gray stone stained black in areas; the cylindrical bead
carved with two chi dragons over reduced ground within line borders,
the stone stained black; two small ‘dragon head’ pendants each of
crescent shape and drilled through the mouth for stringing, the green
stone stained brown in areas. (7)
Axe: 2 5/8in (6.7cm) long;
Short cong: 1 3/4in (4.4cm) square;
Bi disc: 2in (5cm) diam;
Slender cong: 2 3/8in (6cm) long;
Cylindrical bead: 1 5/16in (3.3cm) long;
‘Dragon head’ pendants: 1 1/4in (3.2cm) long each
$3,000 - 5,000

清末 仿古玉石飾 斧 琮 壁 勒子 觹 共七件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Provenance:
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present
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來源：
Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈
大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今
The slender jade cong in the present lot compares closely to the jade
cong from the George Eumorfopoulos Collection, donated to the
British Museum in 1938 and illustrated on the museum’s website,
registration number 1938.0524.191, attributed to Qing dynasty, 18th-
19th century.

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A STRING OF TWELVE RECTANGULAR JADE BEADS
Late Qing Dynasty
The stones of various colors finely incised with geometric patterns
inspired by archaic design.
5/8in to 13/16in (1.6cm to 2.1cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000

清末 仿古紋長方玉勒子一串十二枚
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Provenance:
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present
來源：
Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈
大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今

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