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760

A GREENISH-WHITE JADEITE FIGURE OF A LADY

翠玉女士立像

The female fgure is carved wearing layered fowing robes and holding a
double branch of fowers in her hands. The stone is of a very pale green tone
with apple green and pale lavender inclusions.

9º in. (23.5 cm.) high, wood stand, box

£1,200-1,800                                         $1,900-2,700
                                                     €1,700-2,400

                                                                                                                        760

                                                                                   761

                                                                                   A WHITE JADE BEAD NECKLACE
                                                                                   20TH CENTURY

                                                                                   二十世紀 白玉項鏈

                                                                                   The necklace comprises seventy-one white jade beads.

                                                                                   The necklace, 25º in. (64 cm.) long

                                                                                   £2,000-3,000                                          $3,100-4,500
                                                                                                                                         €2,800-4,100

                                   761

762                                                                           762

A WHITE JADE BANGLE WITH
HARDSTONE-INSET GILT-METAL
MOUNTS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY

二十世紀初 白玉鐲及瓜瓞綿綿紋嵌
寶配飾

The bangle is of plain form, the stone is of a
milky white tone with a few areas of pale streaky
inclusions. It is applied with a pierced gilt-metal
mount decorated with fowers and double-gourds
growing from scrolling foliage and embellished
with turquoise and hardstones; adapted into a
handbag.

The bangle, 3 in. (4.6 cm.) diam.

£800-1,200                         $1,300-1,800
                                   €1,100-1,600

                                                                                                                        762 (detail)

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