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A CARVED JADE BELT BUCKLE A ROSE QUARTZ BEAUTY
Of sturdy archaistic rectangular form Late Qing/Republic period
terminating in a horned beast head hook The standing figure holding a flowering
and displaying a ground of repeating curls branch in her raised right hand and a flower
displayed to the exterior, reversed by a raised basket in her lowered left hand (head broken 6084
square; the stone of whorled hues of black off and reattached); now drilled and mounted
and whitish gray. onto a reticulated wood base and hollow
6 1/4in (16cm) long brass plinth meant for a lamp base.
18 3/4in (47.6cm) high
$1,200 - 1,500
$1,500 - 2,000
PROPERTY FROM THE PORTLAND
ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND, OREGON, 6085
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM A SPINACH JADE VASE AND COVER
ACQUISITION FUND WITH DRAGON ROUNDELS
20th century
6082 Of flattened pilgrim bottle form and oval
A GREEN JADE CARVING OF A LEAPING section raised on a spreading foot, the
CARP circular ring handles protruding from the
The fish with partially hollowed body posed neck and dragons in differing poses carved
leaping upward from an ovoid base of in shallow relief in shaped reserves to the
scudding waves, the medium olive-green opposing walls, the conforming lid topped
matrix marked with opaque straw-colored with a flaming pearl finial; the thinly sectioned
inclusions and natural fissure lines (minor and translucent matrix of deep leaf-green
chips). nephrite sprinkled with darker specks and
6 1/8in (15.5cm) high polished to a bright luster.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) high
$200 - 300
$2,000 - 4,000 6085
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
6086
6083 A PAIR OF SPINACH JADE CUPS
Each cup of ovoid section with thinly
A JADE-MOUNTED MONGOLIAN SILVER sectioned walls tapering sharply inward
FLASK above the well-cut foot, the matrix richly
Republic period mottled in shades of green and marked with
Of pilgrim bottle form with elaborate silver loop black and milky white inclusions.
plaques suspending loose rings mounted onto 1 7/8in (4.78cm) high
joined jade rings that form the shoulders, the
opposing faces of silver each mounted with
a reticulated jade flower basket plaque and $1,200 - 1,500
accented with inset colored stone cabochons,
the silver stopper mounted with a reticulated
jade branch of double gourds (cracks to jade,
minor losses to colored inlay).
7 1/4in (18.5cm) high 6086
$1,500 - 2,500
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