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Two archaistic green jade
291 291 handled cups
A green jade peach form washer Qing Dynasty or earlier
17th/18th century The first carved in the form of a Western
Carved in openwork relief to the exterior Zhou Dynasty gui vessel, flanked with dragon
and base with blossoming leafy branches handles, the body with drum nail-head
and lingzhi stems, a crane with outstretched bosses; the second of similar form, the stone
wings to one side, the stone with mottled pale of a paler hue.
creamy inclusions. The larger: 11.6cm (4 5/8in) wide (2).
10.8cm (4.1/4in) wide. £1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,600 - 14,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000
£1,000 - 1,500
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A green jade ‘magnolia and birds’
292 vessel
18th century
The vertical vessel carved as a large magnolia
blossom with curving petals with the rim
shaped as sawtooth, supported on contorted
branches meandering and issuing flower
buds, perched with two alternating birds,
wood stand.
11.7cm (4 3/4in) high (2).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,700 - 12,000 HK$9,600 - 14,000

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