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7080 Property from a private Las Vegas collection
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A white jade ‘dragon and pearl’ bangle
Late Qing dynasty
The fine white stone carved in a circle with two confronted dragon
heads with drilled open mouths and incised horn and brow details, the
heads separated by a single pearl.
3 1/8in (8in) diameter
$2,000 - 3,000

Property from the Estate of Ms. Naomi Lindstrom,
San Francisco, California

7081
A group of three archaistic jade bi-disks
One of mottled brownish-black stone and carved in relief with two
writhing chilong in mutual pursuit, the reverse of paler green-brown
stone and carved in low relief with a symmetrical archaistic scroll motif,
the disk edged with a later silver-metal band; another disk irregularly
shaped from pale green stone with fine russet patches and stony
inclusions and some carved indentations; the third disk of flattened
circular shape and carved from celadon-hued stone with brownish
cloudy inclusions.
4in (10cm) diameter of largest disk
$3,000 - 5,000

7082
A group of four archaistic
jade cicadas
One carved with a rounded body from white stone with russet
patches, another with a flattened underside carved from pale green
stone streaked with amber veins and tiny inclusions, another from
yellowish-green jade with brown stony inclusions and ridged wings
and archaistic C-scrolls on the head and underside, another with
of reddish-brown stone with softly defined carving to the wings and
head, each with two small holes at the mouth for suspension.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) length of largest cicada
$1,000 - 2,000

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