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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘BOY AND LION’
280 CARVING
148 SOTHEBY’S QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

carved with a boy astride a recumbent lion, holding a ruyi
sceptre in his right hand, the animal with a brocade ball
between its front paws and its head turned to the right, the
stone of an even celadon to white tone with a russet inclusion
7.5 cm, 2⅞ in.

಴£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,000-48,300 US$ 3,750-6,300

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A PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO
CATS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

modelled in the form of two cats curled facing the tail of the
other, the larger cat with its paws overlapped on the left leg of
the smaller one which is playfully nuzzling its companion’s left
rear, the stone of a pale celadon with whitish inclusions
4.5 cm, 1¾ in.

£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 58,000-77,500 US$ 7,500-10,000

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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘MONKEY’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

carved in the form of two monkeys coiled around each other,
with heads on the other’s legs, portrayed with bulging round
eyes, a wrinkled forehead and a protruding spine detailed with

nely incised hairs, the stone of an even pale celadon colour
5.3 cm, 2 in.

£ 2,000-3,000
HK$ 19,300-29,000 US$ 2,500-3,750