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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION
                          2934
                          A CARVED CHICKEN-BONE JADE ‘LINGZHI’ WASHER
                          QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
                          The washer is well hollowed and carved as a large head of a lingzhi fungus with undulating
                          sides surrounded by another five smaller lingzhi heads rising from the gnarled main stem
                          which forms the openwork base. The stone is a mottled pale buff colour flecked with
                          darker brown streaks.
                          8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide
                          HK$120,000-200,000                              US$15,000-26,000
                          Lingzhi is the sacred fungus of immortality which is regarded as a symbol of longevity.


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