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FOUR ARCHAISTIC JADE PLAQUES
Late Qing Dynasty
The olive-green recumbent creature with legs tucked underneath the
body, the face defined by an alert expression beneath pointed ears and
behind a large snout; the large russet-brown ‘S’-shaped serpent cradling
a beaked bird on its side; the white dragon with trailing mane behind the
head, the lower part of the figure broken, with edges of the stone stained
black; the small olive-green horned serpent gnawing at its tail to form a
loop, the stone with rough surface and stained black in areas. (4)
Olive-green creature: 2 3/4in (7cm) wide;
Russet-brown serpent: 7/8in (12.4cm) long;
White dragon: 3 3/4in (9.5cm) wide;
Olive-green horned serpent: 2 3/4in (7cm) wide

$1,500 - 2,000
清末 仿古玉牌 瑞獸 龍 虎 共四件

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance:
Yamanaka & Company, New York
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present

來源：
紐約山中商會
Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈
大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今
A jade ‘phoenix and dragon’ plaque closely related to the large russet-
brown serpent in the present lot is illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse
Bartholomew, Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century,
From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p. 165
226, no. 247, described as early 20th century.

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FOUR ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE BELL-SHAPED
PENDANTS
Late Qing Dynasty
The large bell carved with a chi dragon on one side, and a four-character
archaic style inscription on the other, a pair of masks with crisscrossed
rings at the shoulder, the center hollowed, the knop perforated for
stringing, the stone mottled brown with natural inclusions; the flattened
oblong pendant with curved bottom edge, pierced at the butt end, the
sides carved with a incised chi dragon; the small trapezoidal pendant
pierced on the upper end and decorated with carved chi dragon
design, the stone stained brown in most areas; the small celadon bell of
cylindrical body, perforated under the square knop for stringing. (4)
1 1/8in to 2 3/4in (2.9cm to 7cm) high
$700 - 1,200

清末 仿古鐘形玉石珮四件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance:
Yamanaka & Company, New York
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present

來源：
紐約山中商會
Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈
大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今
A small cylindrical bell-shaped pendant similar to the celadon jade
pendant in the present lot, from the Bishop William C. White Collection
and now in the Royal Ontario Museum, is illustrated on the museum’s
website, number 928.12.156, attributed as Qin-Yuan dynasty. 166

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