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3082 PROPERTY OF OREGON COLLECTOR
A CARVED HARDSTONE ARCHAISTIC BASIN, PAN
The shallow vessel supporting opposing handles and raised on three 3086
beast-hoof form feet, the exteriors incised in shallow relief zoomorphic A CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL PLAQUE
patterns, the stone mottled in hues of dark green and brown (losses). Tang dynasty
12 1/2in (32cm) length over handles The thick square-sectioned plaque incised and carved in relief with a
$800 - 1,200 depiction of a female musician wearing a long flowing shawl, seated
on a mat playing cymbals, her legs crossed to the front, her delicate
3083 face rendered with incised lines; the nearly perfectly clear stone with
A CARVED TOURMALINE PENDANT tiny dark specks.
One side carved from stone of pink hue to depict three peaches 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8in (4.5 x 4.5 x 1cm)
suspended from a gnarled branch, reversed by a similarly intricate pair $2,000 - 3,000
of Buddha’s Hand Citrons rendered in stone of lemon hue, attached to
a gilt mount adorned with a pink bead. Provenance
1 1/2in (4cm) height exclusive of mount acquired 1991, J.J. Lally & Co. New York
$1,000 - 2,000
Compare a set of nine agate belt plaques from the British Museum,
3084 dated Tang dynasty, illustrated in the exhibition catalog Chinese Jade
A CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL FIGURE OF GUANYIN throughout the Ages, Jessica Rawson and John Ayers, Victoria Albert
The goddess seated on a plinth also supporting an adjacent bombé Museum, p. 77, no. 222.
censer, holding a ruyi in her right hand while her left leans on a patch
of lingzhi fungi; the matrix of the stone crizzled by numerous natural PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WITTER BYNNER
fissures (base drilled). (1881-1968), PURCHASED IN CHINA IN 1917-1920
5 3/4 in (14.6cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500 3087
A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL HARDSTONE BUCKLES
3085 Including two of white stone, one with bird-head hook and the other
A ROCK CRYSTAL LIDDED VASE with a dragon-head hook facing a stylized cicada on the curving
Of flattened ovoid form, surmounted by a lion dog finial and handle; the third a tiny salt-and-pepper dragon-head hook with
supporting lingzhi-form handles at the shoulder, the sides carved in rectangular button on the reverse; the fourth of pale olive green and
relief to depict dragons vying for a flaming pearl; the stone streaked by the fifth of mottled red color, both with dragon-head hooks.
natural inclusions, firmly affixed to a wire-inlaid wood stand. 1 3/4 to 2 1/2in (4.5 to 6.5cm) long
9 1/2in (24cm) approximate height exclusive of stand $1,200 - 1,800
$2,500 - 3,000
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