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A white jade pendant A white jade double goose toggle
18th/19th century 18th/19th century
Of rounded rectangular form, skillfully carved in gentle relief and The two opposed birds nestled tightly together, one holding a lotus
incised to one side with a pair of intertwining dragons and wave flower in its beak, the stone a pale white color with russet markings.
patterns surrounding two characters reading dexin, reversed with two 1 3/4in (4.4cm) long
pairs of phoenix and wave patterns enclosing yingshou characters, $2,000 - 3,000
the evenly-hued white stone polished to a soft luster with minimal
inclusions. 8141A
2 1/4in (5.8cm) long Two white jade carvings
$6,000 - 8,000 Late Qing/Republic Period
The first a rectangular belt buckle finely carved to the top with a
Provenance double-happiness character and reversed with two raised circular
formerly in the collection of Andrew Dole, acquired during the 1970s buttons, the stone of even white color with a faint celadon tone;
the second a ring with even side walls, its exterior incised with a
Dexin yingshou is a Chinese chengyu, four-character idiom, literally landscape, the mostly white stone with cloud-like inclusions and one
meaning ‘conceiving heart, responding hands’. It conveys a status notable fissure line.
that everything flows in harmony and smoothly and therefore under 2 1/8 x 2 7/8in (5.4 x 7.3cm) belt buckle
control without difficulties. 1 5/8in (4.2cm) diameter of ring
$2,000 - 3,000
A very similar jade pendant inscribed with the same four characters
was sold by Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 8 October 2010, lot 2736.

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