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A SMALL WHITE JADE ‘CRANE’ BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

of rounded irregular form fashioned in varying layers of depth
with a craggy mountainscape, the front depicting two cranes
facing a fast owing waterfall cascading over a precipice,
beneath a pine tree, the reverse carved with a further tree
branch extending from jagged rockwork, the stone of an even
white colour, wood stand
(2)
9.5 cm, 3¾ in.

Ⴚ£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 77,500-116,000 US$ 10,000-14,900

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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION

A LARGE WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON’ FINIAL
MING DYNASTY

intricately carved in openwork with a ferocious dragon
writhing within a dense network of leaves and oral blossoms,
intertwined with birds, supported on a slightly domed oval base
pierced with eight small apertures, the tone of an even white
stone with dark ecks, wood stand
(2)
10 cm, 3 in.

£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 77,500-116,000 US$ 10,000-14,900