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Property from a British Private Collection (Lots 311-318)
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A pale green and russet jade pebble group of a A pale jade carving of a water buffalo
Mandarin duck and ducklings
Carved from a pale, very even stone of almost whitish hue, the
18th/19th century recumbent animal well-modelled with its head looking backwards over
The adult bird carved with its wings closed, holding a lingzhi fungus the left shoulder, the details of the horns, tail and spine naturalistically
spray in its beak, the body carved with archaistic scrolls, with its young carved, the stone softly polished, wood stand.
by its side, the webbed feet tucked underneath, the stone of pale 8.4cm (3¼in) wide (2).
green tone with russet inclusions, wood stand.
9.9cm (3 7/8in) wide (2). £2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 28,000
£1,000 - 1,500 HK$24,000 - 35,000
CNY9,500 - 14,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000
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