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TWO JADE FIGURAL CARVINGS TWO FIGURAL JADE CARVINGS
The first a celadon jade figure of a sage with a bat resting on a stalk The first, a boy holding aloft a lingzhi fungus undercut behind him,
of millet slung over his shoulder, the stone a pale green color with the stone of grey-green hue with russet-stained fissure lines; the
russet patches; the second a white jade carving of an immortal with second depicting two boys at play, the standing figure carrying a
a bat resting on his shoulder, holding a sprig of lingzhi in one hand, lotus spray, the stone of grey-green hue with russet inclusions.
the other hand resting on the head of a deer, the stone an even white 3in (7.7cm) height of second and larger
color.
2 3/4in (7cm) height of taller $1,000 - 1,500

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A GROUP OF FOUR JADE CARVINGS
6123 The first a circular bi disk incised to verso and recto in four
TWO JADE TOGGLES shou medallions, the stone of gray hue mottled in icy inclusions;
The first, a toggle deeply undercut as a squirrel climbing on grapes, the second a belt buckle rendered as a monkey riding a horse
the stone a gray-green hue with russet inclusions; the second reversed by a hook and nodule incised as a beast head and a
naturalistically carved in the form of a cluster of lingzhi fungus mallow blossom, the stone of translucent white color flecked in
growing from a stem, the stone a pale green tone with minor dark black inclusions; the third a wide plaque of thin trapezoidal section
green inclusions. reticulated as confronting catfish separated by vine and lotus scroll
2 1/2in (6.3cm) width of first and larger work, the stone of uniform gray hue marked in patches of icy
inclusions; the fourth a small curved spoon of Mughal inspiration, the
$1,300 - 1,800 underside incised in repeating leafy patterns, the stone of greenish
tinged gray hue.
3 7/8in (10cm) width of third and largest
$1,500 - 2,500
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