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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 2432
COLLECTOR 2431 A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE THUMB RING
TWELVE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BELT 18TH-19TH CENTURY
2430 HOOKS
TWO WHITE JADE SCROLL CLASPS AND A QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) The fat top of the thick-walled ring has
WHITE JADE BRUSH REST attractive russet markings, and the semi-
18TH-19TH CENTURY Each is carved on top in openwork with a translucent, white stone has a satiny polish.
chilong crawling towards the dragon-head 1º in. (3.2 cm.) wide
The larger of the scroll clasps is white in hook, and on the underside with an oval
stud.
color and carved with an archaic dragon at 3¬ to 3æ in. (9.2 to 9.5 cm.) long, ftted box

the top. The smaller clasp is greenish-white (12)

and carved with ruyi scroll and a keyfret $10,000-15,000 $5,000-7,000

pattern. The brush rest of scroll form is raised PROVENANCE: 清十八/十九世紀 白玉扳指

on tab feet, and the stone is of greenish- Acquired between 1960-early 1980s, and
thence by descent within the family.
white color.
清 青白玉蒼龍教子帶鉤一組十二件
Clasps: 5¿ and 3¬ in. (13 and 9.2 cm.) long;

brush rest: 3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide (3)

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:

The clasps: Frank Caro, New York.
Acquired from a private collection, New
England, 1999.

EXHIBITED:

The Chinese Cultural Center of San
Francisco, A Matter of Taste: Selected Chinese
Art from California Collections, 29 March-31
May 1986, cat. no. 59 (partial).

清十八/十九世紀
白玉別子兩件及白玉卷書式筆擱一件

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