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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A WHITE JADE ‘SCHOLARS’ GROUP
18TH CENTURY

One side is carved with a bearded scholar dressed in fowing robes followed by an
attendant holding a lingzhi stem atop a rocky plinth, the reverse carved in high relief
and undercut with a gnarled prunus tree. The stone is of even white tone.
5√ in. (15 cm.) high, wood stand

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:

Marquis de Ganay Collection, France.

清十八世紀 白玉雕高士採藥擺件

(another view)

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