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A CARVED WHITE JADE NECKLACE AN INSCRIBED JADEITE VASE
Strung with twenty beads of flattened oval form, each delicately Elegantly modeled with a circular flared rim and waisted neck rising
finished in low relief and incised with a design of brocade fabric tied from a body of ovoid section and inverted pear shape, one side
with a bow, some beads showing pale golden-yellow patches in the bearing one of the Qianlong emperor’s poems extolling magnolia
matrix; gold clap stamped 14K. flowers incised and colored in gilt; the matrix of light green mottled
16in (40.7cm) opened length of strung beads with brown patches and apple green veins (minor rim chips).
4 1/2in (11.5cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,000
US$2,000 - 3,000
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AN ASSEMBLED JADE NECKLACE AND EARRINGS 9258
The necklace of knotted silk cord combining ovoid beads with a pair A GREEN HARDSTONE CRANES
of reticulated jade double-ring earrings and a rectangular jade plaque The facing pair cut from a mottled green matrix with a black vein used
reticulated with the Hehe Twins attached to a single three-section for the tail feathers of each bird standing with slender legs partially
reticulated jade earring that forms a pendant below; the earrings made supported by foliage rising from the rocky base now attached to a
from a pair of reticulated jade fragments, each of a figure amid foliage, pieced wood stand (both repaired).
possibly the finial sections from hairpins, now attached to white metal 11 1/4in (28.5cm) height including wood stands
hinge mounts stamped Japan.
14in (35.5cm) overall length of necklace US$600 - 800

US$1,000 - 1,500 9259
AN APPLE GREEN JADE PENDANT
9255 Thinly sectioned and carved in high relief as an insect crawling over
TWO ASSEMBLED JADE AND BLUE GLASS BEAD NECKLACES two peapods, the translucent stone showing pale to rich apple green
The larger necklace using a two-section metal belt buckle as the clasp patches; now mounted with tiny pearls in a 14K gold brooch and an
for knotted strings of glass beads with carved details joined to three Italian 14K gold chain necklace.
circular reticulated jade plaques, each finished to one side; the smaller 1 3/4in (4.5cm) length of jade
necklace constructed with silk threads joining smooth glass beads to
a pair of three-section reticulated jade earrings and a deeply undercut US$800 - 1,200
octagonal jade plaque.
15 3/4 and 13in (40 and 33cm) long

US$1,000 - 1,500

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A RETICULATED JADE LANDSCAPE BOULDER
Of ovoid silhouette, carved and undercut with three scholars
gathered around a table below trees, distant pavilions and clouds
on a craggy hillside reversed by a solitary scholar enjoying the view
of a watercourse, a temple rising behind him and the rock beneath
him inscribed xing le tu (a picture of the pleasure of travel); the pale
greenish-white matrix of even color with some cloudy white inclusions.
8in (20.2cm) high

US$2,500 - 4,000

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