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8186
A small jade vase in the form of a Buddha’s
hand citron
19th century
The fruit with deeply undercut fingers forming a deep well and rising
from a leafy stem that forms the base, the stone of mottled grayish-
white hue with black and dark brown patches; supported within a
reticulated wood stand.
3 7/8in (9.6cm) height of vase
4 1/2in (11.5cm) height including stand
$2,500 - 3,000
Provenance
ex Mary Morrison Collection Vancouver, BC, Canada
8187
A grayish-white jade hat finial
Yuan dynasty style
Deeply and densely undercut depicting six deer-like animals among
rocks, tropical plantain leaves, lingzhi fungus, and other foliage; the
stone of a grayish-celadon tone marked with faint russet inclusions.
1 3/16in (4.3cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
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An impressive large spinach jade boulder
18th/19th century 8189
Of vertical profile, the massive ovoid form boulder skillfully and A carved white jade ring
extensively carved with a continuous scene depicting a remote Of cylindrical form, carved in the shape of an archer’s ring with a
mountainous setting, with a contemplating scholar seated in an open rounded top and canted base edge, the outside walls carved in
hut by a cliff surrounded by pine and wutong trees, another bearded delicate relief with a bearded scholar and his servant crossing a bridge
figure crossing a bridge above a meandering river, the reverse toward a village along a watercourse, the underside carved with a seal
exhibiting an auspicious scene of a deer running towards a pine, and reading shi (stone), the matrix displaying a faint greenish-white hue.
a crane in flight; the olive toned green matrix cast with patches of 1 3/8in (3.5cm) high
russet inclusions. $2,000 - 3,000
15 1/2in (39.4cm) high
$60,000 - 90,000 8190
A reticulated white jade pomander
Among jade carvings, carved boulders represent a landscape Qing dynasty
microcosm where the owner can visualize meandering through its Of quadrilobate form in two well-hollowed sections, deeply undercut
paths and sitting in its pavilions contemplating nature. This example and carved in relief with opposing panels of composite flower buds on
is an unusually large specimen for its date and finely executed leafy stems, the subtly polished matrix of fairly even off-white hue with
carving. The high relief and undercutting of details can be related a very faint greenish tinge; the green silk cord mounts with orange a
to carvings of the Qianlong period, as exhibited by the imperial pearl paste beads.
spinach green jade ‘tiger hunt’ plaque and the inscribed spinach jade 2 3/8in (6cm) length of pomander
‘Xianglu Feng’ brushpot from the Harold E. Stack collection, sold in $4,000 - 6,000
Bonhams, Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lots 204 and 208. See
also a slightly smaller comparable celadon jade boulder, illustrated in 8191
Robert Kleiner,Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone A carved nephrite desk accessory
Hartman Hong Kong, 1996, plate 128. Late Qing/Republic period
Possibly meant for use as a brush rest or paper weight, the thinly
8188A sectioned and subtly polished stone carved in high relief and
Two jade belt hooks reticulated as a slender bamboo branch with its full leaves covering
Qing dynasty parts of the larger stem nearby, a russet patch at the base of one side
Each curving shaft terminating with a dragon head hook, with bulging formed as an auspicious bat, the remaining surfaces of mottled gray-
eyes, flared nose, and opening jaw, facing an undercut crawling green hue with some opaque white inclusions.
chilong with a scrolling branch in its mouth, the underside finished with 5 5/8in (14.2cm) long
a raised circular button; each carved from celadon-tinged white stone, $3,000 - 5,000
with cloud-like inclusions.
3 3/8 and 4 1/2in (8.6 and 11.5cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000
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