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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A PALE BROWNISH-GREY JADE ARCHAISTIC TWO WHITE AND RUSSET JADE A GROUP OF FOUR WHITE JADE
BI ARCHAISTIC PLAQUES ARCHAISTIC CARVINGS
17TH-18TH CENTURY 17TH-19TH CENTURY
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The disc, which is slightly concave on one The larger is carved in openwork as two
side, is incised on both sides with archaistic chilong, one grasping a lingzhi stem in its The group includes two bi, one carved with
scrolls and carved in openwork around the mouth, surrounding a disc centered by a
outer edge with four dragons, one grasping smaller chilong. The smaller is carved in the chilong and taotie masks, the other carved with
a lingzhi stem in its jaws, and two with bird’s shape of a plectrum fanked on the sides by
heads. The mottled stone is semi-opaque and a dragon and a bird with backward-turned stipples and stylized ruyi; an ‘endless knot’
well polished. head.
4æ in. (12 cm.) diam. 3º in. (8.2 cm.) wide, 2º in. (5.7 cm.) long carving in the form of three coiled chilong;

$4,000-6,000 (2) and a bangle carved as two confronted

PROVENANCE: $4,000-6,000 dragons facing a jewel.

Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 14 May 1990, lot 478 PROVENANCE: Bi 2¡ in. (6 cm.) diam., each; ‘endless knot’
(part).
Acquired between 1960-early 1980s, and 2 in. (5.1 cm.) wide; bangle 3 in. (7.6 cm.)
清十七/十八世紀 then by descent within the family.
灰褐玉鏤雕仿古龍紋璧 diam. (4)
明末/清十九世紀
白玉鏤雕仿古珮兩件 $6,000-8,000

清十八/十九世紀
白玉仿古玉飾一組四件

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