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                             A LARGE ‘CHICKEN BONE’ JADE ‘LINGZHI’     A CELADON JADE ‘DEER AND CRANE’ VASE
                             VASE                                      GROUP
                             QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY                QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
                             carved in the form of a prominent lingzhi fungus, with further   carved in the form of three hollowed tree trunks with pine
                             smaller lingzhi stems issuing from rocks winding around the   trees, bamboo stems and blossoming prunus around the
                             body, the stone of an opaque beige tone with dark brown and   exterior, one face carved in openwork with a recumbent deer
                             russet-pink highlights                    resting on a rock, the reverse with a crane standing beside
                             Length 15.4 cm, 6⅛ in.                    a pine tree branch, the stone of an even celadon tone with
                                                                       dark veining
                             £ 8,000-12,000                            15 cm, 6 in.
                             HK$ 83,500-125,000   US$ 10,700-16,000
                                                                       £ 8,000-12,000
                             清十八世紀   雞骨玉靈芝形花插                          HK$ 83,500-125,000   US$ 10,700-16,000

                                                                       清十八世紀   青玉鶴鹿同春花插


























































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