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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女史珍藏
3012

A WHITE JADE MONKEY AND PEACH
GROUP

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The jade is carved as a seated monkey on a rock, cradling a peach
with its left hand, while reaching with its right hand to dislodge a
bee perched on top of its head.
2æ in. (6.9 cm.) high
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000

PROVENANCE
An English private collection
LITERATURE
Marchant & Son, London, 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-
Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, 2000, no. 75

清十七 / 十八世紀 白玉靈猴獻壽把件
來源
英國私人珍藏

出版
3012 Marchant & Son，倫敦，《75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-
Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections》，2000 年，75 號

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女史珍藏
3013

A CARVED AND PIERCED WHITE JADE
‘MANDARIN DUCK’ FINIAL
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The finial is carved as a seated duck on top of an upturned
lotus leaf. The bird is carved with a long crest, clasping in its
beak intertwining branches of flowering lotus and prunus. The
underside is drilled with four small holes for attachment.
2 in. (5 cm.) high
HK$200,000-250,000 US$26,000-32,000

PROVENANCE
The Rothschild family collection, by repute
LITERATURE
Marchant & Son, London, 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese
Jades from Tang to Qing, 2010, catalogue no. 23

元 白玉透雕鴛鴦紋帽頂
來源
羅特希爾德家族舊藏（傳）

出版 3013
Marchant & Son，倫敦，《85th Anniversary Exhibition of
Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing》，2010 年，23 號

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