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3059 3063 PROPERTY FROM A MIDWEST
A CARVED JADE MYTHICAL BEAST TWO SMALL RETICULATED WHITE JADE COLLECTION
The vaguely leonine double-horned CARVINGS
recumbent creature adorned in raised relief The first of a smiling baby boy clutching a 3068
archaistic patterns and an incised mane and branch of lingzhi fungus; the second of three A GROUP OF FIVE JADEITE-HANDLED
tail, the stone of yellowish green hue. monkeys hovering over a peach. MAGNIFYING GLASSES
2 1/4 in (5.6cm) long 2 and 1 3/4in (5 and 4.5cm) high Each glass set within a silver frame mounted
$1,500 - 2,500 $1,500 - 2,500 with irregularly shaped cabochons in various
colors, the handle made from a jadeite hairpin
PROPERTY FROM THE H ROBERT LEE 3064 that was reduced in size, four of which show
ESTATE A GROUP OF FOUR SMALL JADE AND reticulated details, the matrix varying from icy
HARDSTONE CARVINGS white with tiny veins of apple green to darker
3060 The first a celadon jade bi disc with russet hues of leaf green, the metal mount on the
TWO SMALL RECTANGULAR JADE patches carved with two chi dragons in relief; reverse stamped silver (a cabochon missing
PENDANT PLAQUES the second a brown hardstone chi dragon on one mirror).
The first translucent greenish-white, carved to form circular pendant; the third and fourth of 2 to 2 7/8in (5 to 7.3cm) length of jadeite
one side with a female warrior and reversed celadon jade with russet inclusion ornaments handles
by a calligraphic inscription; the second carved with mythical beast in relief. $1,500 - 2,500
retaining the natural contours of the original 2 1/4in (5.8cm) diameter of the largest
pebble on one side and reversed with a shou $1,200 - 1,800 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
medallion on the smoothly finished side, the
pale gray-green stone with russet staining, 3065 3069
fissure lines and cloudy inclusions. A CARVED JADE SEAL A GROUP OF THREE MOTTLED JADEITE
2 1/8 and 2in (5.3 and 5cm) long Qing Dynasty BANGLES
$800 - 1,200 Of thin square section, surmounted by Each similarly formed with a flat interior wall
a grinning mythical beast of tortoise like and convex exterior surfaces: the bangle of
PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE appearance, the base carved with a four- lightest coloring showing a very faint lavender
ACQUISITION FUND OF THE NEW character zhuanshu seal mark, the stone of patch and some veins of leaf green in the pale
BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART grayish white hue mottled in cloudy inclusions greenish-white matrix; the other two bangles
and streaked by a faint russet colored vein. of slightly different height but more closely
3061 1in (2.6cm) wide matched with icy white inclusions uniformly
A CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE $1,000 - 1,500 scattered in the pale leaf green matrix.
STONE RUYI SCEPTER 2 1/4 and 2 3/16in (5.8 and 5.6cm) interior
Late Qing/Republic period 3066 diameters
Carved in the form of a lingzhi fungus branch A CARVED JADE CIRCULAR PENDANT $1,500 - 2,500
with reticulated sprouts of fungus issuing from Thickly sectioned, comprised of a reticulated
the long handle, the stone of pale greenish circular depiction of a dragon boat carved
white hue with opaque straw colored patches to rotate within a concentric exterior ring by
and natural fissure lines. loosely fitted mortise and tenons, carved from
15 1/8in (38.5cm) long stone of translucent grayish white hue, all
$1,000 - 1,500 suspended from a gilt mounting.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS $1,200 - 1,800
3062 PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST
TWO CARVED JADE PLAQUES COLLECTION
Qing dynasty
The first a lock-shaped pendant of cloudy 3067
greenish-white hue, carved to one side with AN ARCHAISTIC BIRD-FORM MINIATURE
a shuangxi-character and reversed by a bat JADEITE VASE AND COVER
and fruiting peach branch; the second a pale Issuing a bird’s head and tail from two sides,
greenish-white plaque of rectangular form the vase body of lobed form with four bands
with cusped corners, possibly meant for use of key-fret decoration, raised on a lobed foot
as a brush bath with two shallowly recessed and surmounted with a domed lid, the stone
wells on the face, one of circular and the other of pale green hue with brown inclusions.
of quatrelobe shape. 3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
2 3/4in (7cm) length of rectangular plaque $1,000 - 1,500
$1,000 - 1,500
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