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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
3035
A GREENISH-WHITE HARDSTONE
COVERED VASE
Of flattened baluster form with a pair of
crested bird handles suspending loose rings
on the waisted neck and bands of raised
decoration carved into the walls of the
body supported on a waisted oval foot, the
conforming cover banded en suite; the stone
of pale olive hue with pale gray veins and
cloudy white inclusions (minor chips).
10 3/4in (27.3cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000
3036
TWO JADE FIGURAL TOGGLES
Both reticulated in a similar flattened ovoid
shape, the first depicting an adult and a
juvenile mythical beast vying for a sprig of
lingzhi fungus, the stone of grayish hue
marked by faint russet veins; the second
a cat and her kittens separated by a mesh
of stylized flowers and insects, the stone of
more sea-foam green color, again marked by
patches of russet.
2in (5cm) approximate width of each
$2,000 - 3,000
3037
A CARVED JADE BOY DRUMMER
Depicted standing and striking a tall thin
circular drum lined with a row of bosses to
either side and supported by curving struts;
the stone whorled in hues of yellow and dark
russet.
2in (5cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
3038
A GROUP OF THREE SMALL JADE
CARVINGS
The first a pale greenish-white plaque of oval
shape and thin section, carved with a bat
suspending a ribboned wanzi-character, the
concave surface of the reverse drilled with
two pairs of holes for application to another
surface but the plaque now mounted in silver
metal as a pendant; the second a white jade
pebble with tiny spots of brown carved as
gourds hanging from a leaf with a suspension
hole drilled beneath its stem; the third a toggle
of a cat and kitten, the kitten carved from
an off-white vein in the otherwise caramel
colored matrix with a drill hole for suspension
behind the cat’s front right paw.
1 7/8in (4.8cm) length of oval plaque
$2,000 - 3,000
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3039
A GROUP OF THREE JADE ANIMAL
CARVINGS
The first depicting a monkey climbing on the
back of a recumbent horse, the monkey’s left
arm forming a suspension loop, the stone
of fairly even gray-green hue; the second a
half recumbent mythical horned beast with
undercut forelegs and jaw, the pale gray-
green stone marked with dark russet patches;
the third a recumbent rabbit with transverse
vertical drill hole through the back, the pale
greenish-white stone showing faint russet
patches on each side.
1 7/8 to 2 1/8in (4.8 to 5.3cm) long
$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT
BRITISH HSBC EXECUTIVE, ACQUIRED
BEFORE 1975 IN HONG KONG
3040
TWO MOUNTED JADE PLAQUES
Late Qing dynasty
Each possibly salvaged from a ruyi scepter:
the upper plaque of rounded rectangular
form and convex surface carved in high relief
with a bat hovering over a leafy branch of
overlapping peaches (losses to edges); the
lower plaque of elliptical form and also convex stone of grayish white marked in russet
surface, carved in high relief with a ribboned
parasol, endless knot and conch shell (crack,
losses); both now attached to a reticulated
wood frame supported on a stepped and
scroll shaped base.
14 3/4in (37.5cm) overall height of wood
mount
$3,000 - 5,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE TEXAS
COLLECTION
3041
TWO CARVED JADE PENDANTS
Qing dynasty or later
One carved in the form of a mythical beast,
the off-white matrix with russet patches and
icy inclusions, the other depicting two cats.
2in (5cm) length of the larger
$4,000 - 6,000
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
3042
A CARVED NEPHRITE ELEPHANT WITH
BOYS FIGURAL GROUP
The stalwart pachyderm with incised details
portrayed as gamely enduring the ablutions
of two small boys, one prone upon the
elephants shoulder pouring out a vial of water
to be scrubbed by the boy standing at the
beast’s side below; the stone of whitish-gray
hue with isolated icy inclusions.
6 1/4in (16cm) long
$5,000 - 7,000
Provenance
Bonhams, San Francisco, sale 20090, 21
December 2011, lot 8535
3043
A JADE TABLE SCREEN AND SPINACH
JADE STAND
Of tall rectangular section deeply carved in
relief to depict two sages and a boy attendant
within a mountainous temple complex
bestrewn with gnarled pine trees, reversed
by a gilt-incised seven-character four-stanza
imperial poem bearing seals reading Qian
and Long, the nephrite of gray-greenish hue
streaked with veins of white; all supported by
a fitted stand of elaborate flanges and aprons
adorned in archaistic dissolved scrolling
patterns, carved from jade of dark green hue,
flecked in black inclusions and streaked by
cloudy veins.
10 1/2in (26.7cm) total height inclusive of stand
$8,000 - 12,000
3044
TWO JADE CARVINGS
The first, one half of a belt buckle adorned
by raised relief gourd and vine motifs and
terminating in a hook formed as a mythical
beast head, reversed by a nodule incised as
a mallow flower, carved from stone of gray-
tinged white hue streaked by veins of milky
white inclusions; the second of long thin
section, incised as a crouching tiger from
inclusions
2 3/8 and 3 1/4in (6 and 8.2cm) long
$3,000 - 4,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE TEXAS
COLLECTION
3045
A GROUP OF THREE JADE PENDANTS
The first a white jade bi disk reticulated
with a movable quatrefoil medallion and
tiny openings along the outside edges
finished as raised cloud scrolls; the second
an oval pendant of pale greenish-white
hue elaborately reticulated as two dragons
surrounding a movable oval medallion
also cut at the center with a movable
quatrefoil roundel, with yellow metal loop
mount; the third of pale greenish-white
stone reticulated with an auspicious peach,
pomegranate and citron atop a round-
bodied basket.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) height of oval pendant
$2,000 - 3,000
3046
A CARVED JADE OVAL BANGLE
Of cylindrical cross section, carved along the
curving exterior surfaces with cloud scrolls
on a ground of recessed parallel lines, the
translucent gray-green matrix of fairly even
color with some cloudy white inclusions;
together with a mottled olive green
hardstone plaque of irregular silhouette and
thin section, reticulated and worked as a tiny
tabby-eared animal standing on the split tail
of a fabulous beast. [2]
2 1/2in (6.4cm) interior length of bangle
$2,000 - 3,000