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A GROUP OF FOUR JADE AND TWO AGATE ‘CICADA’
PENDANTS
Comprising: two yellow jade cicadas, one mainly calcified; a pale
green and russet cicada with metal ring; a white jade model with
gilt bronze ring; and two grey and black agate models, all with the
bodies enveloped by a large pair of wings.
The largest: 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide (6).

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,500 - 13,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
Provenance: The Livingston Collection. Labels nos. 215, 216, 220,
225, 228 and 231.

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A GROUP OF FIVE JADE CICADA PENDANTS
Each carved in the form of cicadas with pronounced eyes, ribbed
abdomen and wings folded on the back, comprising: two carved
from a white and mushroom stone; one from pale green and russet
jade; one from a darker green and russet stone, and one jadeite
pendant.
The largest: 5.9cm (2 3/8in) long (5).

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$11,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
Provenance: The Livingston Collection. Labels nos. 218, 221, 222,
224 and 230.

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A GROUP OF SEVEN JADE AND ONE JADEITE CICADAS
Late Qing Dynasty and later
Comprising: a Han-style mottled grey, creamy-white and russet jade
inkstone in the shape of a cicada, with archaistic inscriptions; a pale
jade seal with archaistic inscriptions and a cicada-shaped finial; a tiny
dark green jadeite cicada; two black jade cicadas; and two very pale
green jade cicadas.
The largest: 8.3cm (3 1/4in) long (7).

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

Provenance: The Livingston Collection. Labels nos. 131, 137, 217,
219, 223, 226, 232.

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