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TWO RETICULATED JADE CIRCULAR A GROUP OF THREE CARVED JADE A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A
PLAQUES TOGGLES RECUMBENT DEER
Comprised of two circular plaques, the The first a melon with leafy stems, the grey Posed resting on its well-formed legs and
first depicting a bird among branches; the green matrix with patches of opaque white hooves, the animal’s curving horns and a
second depicting a bird and dog surrounded inclusions; the second shaped as a double- leafy branch held in his mouth all deeply
by flowering branches, each carved from gourd enveloped in a flowering and leafy undercut, the surfaces accented with incised
stone in varied hues of grey green. stem, the stone mottled in tones of dark parallel lines and the matrix of milky white
2 9/16in (6.5cm) diameter of second and green color; the third depicting a fish, the polished to a soft luster.
larger matrix a polished grey green with russet 2 1/8in (5.3cm) long
coloring.
$2,000 - 3,000 2 1/8in (5.41cm) length of first and largest $2,000 - 3,000
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TWO JADE BANGLES A CARVED JADE PLAQUE
The first of annular form with gilt metal clasps 6134 Ming dynasty
surrounding the mottled bright green stone; TWO NEPHRITE CARVINGS Of ovoid shape, intricately reticulated in
the second of pale white color, suffused with The first depicting a peach hanging from several raised-relief layers on one side to
a section of light green. a reticulated branch, the pale greenish- depict a flock of cranes standing amid a
2 1/8in (5.41cm) inner diameter of second white matrix displaying some opaque white densely composed ground of peaches,
and larger inclusions and staining along a natural fissure lingzhi, vine tendrils and waves, the reverse
line; the second a carefully rendered figure unpolished; carved from stone of green gray
$1,000 - 1,500 of a mythical beast, the gray green matrix color marked by isolated veins of russet and
displaying natural fissure lines, cloudy white oatmeal inclusions.
inclusions, and mottled brown. 3 3/4in (9.5cm) wide
2 1/8in (5.4cm) width of first and larger
$2,000 - 3,000
$1,200 - 1,800

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