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3732
AN INSCRIBED CALCIFIED JADE ‘PADLOCK’
PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of rectangular form, worked in the form of a padlock and
finely decorated in low relief on both sides, one side with a
rectangular cartouche enclosing a four-character inscription
reading huan tian xi di (‘happiness and delight’), surrounded
on three sides with a leafy floral scroll, the reverse similarly
rendered with a floral scroll surrounding a rectangular
cartouche enclosing two boys, possibly the ‘Hehe twins’
joyfully looking at one another, one depicted standing and
holding a lotus bloom, the other kneeling with both hands
holding a box, the stone of a beige colour mottled with brown
inclusions
9.4 cm, 3⅝ in.
HK$ 50,000-60,000
US$ 6,400-7,700

清十九世紀
玉雕「歡天喜地」鎖珮

3733

A CELADON AND BEIGE JADE ‘SHOULAO AND
DEER’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD
worked as Shoulao standing with a deer behind him, the
bearded immortal portrayed with his head turned to the left,
depicted holding a peach in his left hand and a long gnarled
staff suspending a double gourd in his right, further rendered
dressed in loose robes cascading in voluminous folds, the
contrasting colours of the stone skilfully utilised to enhance
the composition and depict the deer in beige, wood stand
18 cm, 7 in.

HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,200

清嘉慶 青白巧雕玉壽老瑞鹿擺件