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1707 Ψ1707

A WHITE AND APPLE-GREEN JADEITE
FIGURE OF LIUHAI

The young immortal is shown standing on
a rocky platform, holding a string of cash in
his raised left hand and another cash in his
right, while a three-legged toad clambers
up onto his right shoulder. The stone is of
mottled green color with areas of apple green
inclusions.

5 in. (13 cm.) high, wood stand

$8,000-12,000

翡翠雕劉海戯金蟾像

1708

AN UNUSUAL AMETHYST QUARTZ OVAL
BRUSH WASHER
19TH CENTURY

The thick, translucent sides highlight the
horizontal bands of subtle greyish-amethyst
and pale green color in the stone, and the top
of the rim is carved in high relief through
the purple areas of the stone with a chilong on
each long side and a bat at each end.

4 in. (10 cm.) long

$4,000-6,000

清十九世紀 紫晶雕螭龍紋洗

Ψ1709

A MOTTLED BRIGHT GREEN JADEITE
FIGURE OF GUANYIN

The tall, slender deity is well-carved standing
atop a rocky platform, holding a small
child in her hands, with lingzhi fungus and
a plantain tree to the sides. Beside her is a
young acolyte standing on one foot with his
palms pressed together and with a celestial
scarf billowing above his shoulders and
trailing down the sides. The stone is of bright
green color with areas of bright apple-green
mottling.

8¿ in. (20.7 cm.) high, wood stand

$40,000-60,000

Compare the mottled pale green and apple-green
jadeite fgure of Guanyin with two acolytes sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3789.
翡翠雕送子觀音像

1706

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