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6048 6051
A GROUP OF SIX CARVED JADE DECORATIONS A RETICULATED LAPIS LAZULI VASE
Qing dynasty and later Republic period
The first, a bi disk surmounted by a chilong on one side, the stone Deeply undercut as a phoenix standing to the front of two tall
of gray and russet hue; the second, a circular disk of thin section bamboo branches with hollowed interiors growing from a rock base
reticulated in bat, peach, and shou medallion motifs carved from amid branches of pine, prunus and bamboo; the matrix of variegated
stone of uniform gray color; the third, an ovoid belt buckle carved as dark blue with creamy white and gray inclusions (minor chips).
a chrysanthemum blossom one side and reversed by raised hooks, 5 3/4in (14.5cm) high
the greenish tinged stone displaying subtle patches of russet; the
fourth a jadeite belt buckle of circular shape shallowly incised to $1,500 - 2,500
display an archaistic dragon motif on one side, the stone of cloudy
green color; the fifth a similar sized and colored belt buckle carved as 6052
a chrysanthemum blossom; and the sixth a fanciful seal of cylindrical
section carved in shallow relief to the top in a leaping lion and to the A CARVED NEPHRITE JADE NINE-PEACH GROUP
underside in a humorously rendered official. 19th century
2 1/2in (6.4cm) diameter of last and largest Depicting a sturdy branch suspending two large peaches enveloped
by further twigs with seven smaller fruit and curling leaves, the pale
$2,000 - 3,000 olive green matrix marked with russet patches and some cloudy
white veins throughout.
5 3/4in (14.5cm) long
PROPERTY FROM A CHICAGO ESTATE 4 1/4in (11cm) high
6049 $5,000 - 7,000
A GROUP OF THREE MOSS AGATE CONTAINERS
Republic period 6053
Including a pair of circular libation cups on tall feet, each carved with
a pair of dragon handles and a band of raised bosses on the exterior A CARVED SPINACH JADE FOLIATE RIM BOWL
Late Qing dynasty
walls (one cup cracked); the second a bowl of uneven oval silhouette, Formed with four foliate lobes resembling a begonia blossom that
carved as a partially opened lotus leaf with curling edges emerging rise outward from a flat base raised on four delicate cloud collar
from a reticulated stem that forms the foot with lotus flowers and feet, the thinly sectioned walls showing off the varied colors of green
leaves rising up the walls to support a pair of tiny birds on one side. and pale white with tiny black inclusions and some natural hairline
4 1/4in (11cm) length across handles of cups fissures.
5 3/8in (13.7cm) length across bowl 8 5/8in (22cm) long
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$1,200 - 1,500
$2,500 - 4,000
6050
A LARGE CARNELIAN CARVING OF A TREE TRUNK PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
Late Qing/Republic period
A cloudy white vein in the matrix carved as a gnarled peach tree 6054
trunk with a hollowed interior rising amid leaf and peach-laden
branches that overhang a lingzhi fungus plant and garden rock A GROUP OF THREE JADE AND HARDSTONE ARCHER’S
worked from a coral colored vein at the base while a bat perches on RINGS
a subsidiary coral colored branch at the top of the trunk (cracks and All without decoration, the largest of off-white serpentine, the smaller
losses). off-white ring and the mottled green ring with a russet patch at the
10in (25.5cm) long base both of nephrite (minor chips).
6 1/2in (16.5cm) high 1 to 7/8in (2.5 to 2.3cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000 $1,000 - 1,500

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