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A GROUP OF TWELVE HARDSTONE A GROUP OF FOUR JADE CARVINGS
5179 CARVINGS The first a nude boy seated on a bench
Including two archaistic belt hooks, one with
holding an ingot; the second two standing
A GROUP OF THREE GREEN JADEITE a dragon head hook and faceted handle (tiny boys clasping a peach; the third a thinly
BANGLES chips), the other with a dragon head hook sectioned plaque depicting a curled shrimp or
The first two wide and thin, the third of smaller facing a deeply undercut dragonet; the third a other crustacean; and the fourth two leisurely
convex section surrounding a flat interior miniature ruyi scepter undercut as a flowering seated cats or other beasts separated by a
edge; all three of mottled dark green color branch with accessory flowering twigs (tiny sprig of lingzhi; all carved from stone of varied
whorled in patches of subtle black and cloudy chips); two reticulated toggles, one of a whitish hues of green, yellow and gray.
hues.
3in (7.2cm) approximate diameter of each Buddha’s hand citron, the other of a fabulous 3 3/8in (8.5cm) height of second and largest
horned beast grasping in its mouth a string of
copper cash (both chipped); two recumbent
US$1,500 - 2,500 animal sculptures, one a dog (rough surfaces), US$800 - 1,200
the other a monkey seated on the back of
5180 a horse (tiny chips); two undercut agate 5183
carvings, one a Manchu slipper with metal
TWO GREEN JADEITE BANGLES mounts for hanging (one mount loose), the A GROUP OF FOUR JADE CARVINGS
The first a circular bi-disk pendant enclosing
Both carved in wide and thin section from other of three monkeys climbing a flowering a separately carved nodule; the second a
stone of brilliant apple hues; together with branch; the eleventh a reticulated yellow and thinly-sectioned flower basket suspended
a thin convex section of mottled lavender
jadeite, now mounted in metal frame as a pink tourmaline toggle of pomegranates on a from rotating handles; the third depicting a
branch beneath Liu Hai’s toad and a ribboned
monkey climbing upon the reticulated tendrils
pendant. [3] coin (tiny chips); the twelfth a rock crystal of two large gourds; and the fourth a thin and
3 1/4in (8.2cm) diameter of the bangles container in the shape of an oak branch with slightly convex circular unadorned pendant
2in (5cm) height of pendant
a squirrel as the finial on the cover (possibly surrounded by a gilt frame and a diamond
altered); the last a circular disc of black and inset with a gold mount to a hole drilled
US$1,500 - 2,500 white stone with brilliant leaf green patches. through the pendant; the varied whitish hues
[12] of the stones all ranging from cream to gray
4in (10cm) length of larger belt hook to green.
1 1/2in (3.8cm) height of tourmaline toggle 3 1/4in (8.2cm) length of third and largest
US$2,000 - 3,000 US$1,200 - 1,800

Due to the large number of items in this 5184
lot, condition reports and photographs of A GROUP OF FIVE JADE PLAQUES
individual items in the lot will not be available. The first three intricately incised in archaistic
scrolling beast and zoomorphic patterns;
the fourth a reticulated butterfly plaque, and
the fifth an irregularly ovoid plaque intricately
reticulated in auspicious motifs; all of gray
green color, the first two showing patches
of bright red, and the last flecked in areas of
russet.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) width of largest (the fourth)

US$1,000 - 1,500
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