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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HAWAIIAN 2424 (two views) VARIOUS PROPERTIES
COLLECTION
2422 THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND 2424
A WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO BADGERS COLLECTOR A GOLD-EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE
18TH CENTURY 2423 RECTANGULAR PLAQUE AND RETICULATED
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE PEBBLE-FORM CARVING
The group is carved as two recumbent huan PENDANT 18TH-19TH CENTURY
(badgers) with tails and legs intertwined, and 18TH-19TH CENTURY
one biting the ear of the other. The stone is The plaque is carved on one side with a boy
well polished and of even white color, with The pendant is carved in the form of a steering a log boat amidst waves, and on
some russet inclusions. teardrop-shaped pebble with a chilong the reverse with a four-character seal, zailai
2¡ in. (5.9 cm.) long coiled around one end. There is an area of huajia (‘another sixty years of longevity’).
remaining russet ‘skin’ on the fat bottom. The openwork carving is in the form of an
$15,000-25,000 1æ in. (4.4 cm.) high open box and a lingzhi and lotus. Both are
set within a conjoined 14k gold mount. The
PROVENANCE: $8,000-12,000 semi-translucent stone is of white color.
The plaque 2¡ in. (6.1 cm.) long; the
Acquired in Hawaii in the 1960s, and thence PROVENANCE: carving 2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) wide
by descent within the family.
Acquired in Los Angeles, California, 1980. $12,000-18,000
清十八世紀 白玉鏤雕「雙歡」墜
清十八/十九世紀 白玉籽料雕螭龍墜 The combination of an open box (he) with lotus
(he) and fungus (lingzhi) forms the wish (hehe
ruyi), ‘May you have a harmonious marriage, and
may all your wishes come true.’ The motif was
popular for weddings.

清十八/十九世紀
白玉「再來華甲」牌及鏤雕和合如意把件