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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE BURNER
AND COVER
REPUBLICAN PERIOD
the rounded sides rising from a flared foot to an everted
rim, flanked by a pair of handles carved in openwork with
intertwined floral stems suspending loose rings, the exterior
worked in low relief with stylised lotus sprays, the domed
cover similarly worked with shaped cartouches variously
enclosing ladies and birds in a landscape, all reserved on a
ground of floral sprays, below a band of bats, surmounted
by a finial in the form of a leafy bloom suspending loose
rings, the stone of a rich olive-green tone flecked with black
speckles
30.5 cm, 12 in.
HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,200
民國 碧玉番蓮活環耳人物開光圖蓋爐

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A PAIR OF WHITE JADE FIGURES OF MAGU
AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE STANDS
19TH – 20TH CENTURY

skilfully worked in mirror image, each depicting Magu
carrying a leafy branch of peaches in one hand and holding
a ruyi scepter in another, seated atop a standing crane with
meandering lingzhi sprigs below, all supported on a spinach-
green jade stand
with stand 26.3 cm, 10⅜ in.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,600

十九至二十世紀 白玉乘鶴仙女及碧玉座一對

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