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PROPERTY FROM THE DR. SYLVAN AND FAITH GOLDER
COLLECTION
903
A CARVED JADE PENDANT
18th/19th century
Of irregularly pear-shaped section, the verso and recto similarly
shallowly incised to depict a border of opposing archaistic dragons
confronting a small shou medallion below a single character reading
xi (happiness) in standard script; the stone of uniformly white color.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTOR,
ACQUIRED IN CHINA BEGINNING IN THE 1960S
904
A GROUP OF FIVE RETICULATED JADE CIRCULAR PLAQUES
Each similarly reticulated to surround a rotating and separately carved
central node, the first depicting confronting moths; the second
framed with archaic zoomorphic dragons; the third depicting archaic
zoomorphic forms, the center roundel cut with the silhouette of a bat;
the fourth carved as confronting archaic dragons; the fifth carved with
raised circular bosses at the edges joining the two concentric rings
with raised C-scrolls and circular bosses on each side, each carved
from stone in varied hues of grey green.
2 3/8in (6cm) diameter of first and largest
$3,000 - 4,000

905
A WHITE JADE RETICULATED PLAQUE
Carved in the form of a chime, with two bats flanking a ribbon tied at
the top and a pair of coins at the bottom, the surface of the chime
carved in low-relief with C-scrolls and bosses, the stone of an even
greenish-white color.
4in (10cm) long
905
$2,000 - 3,000
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