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                                                             A VERY PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING
                                                             OF A PHOENIX AND YOUNG
                                                             Probably Ming Dynasty
                                                             Carved as a recumbent phoenix detailed with beak, crest, feathery
                                                             wings and tail, its head turned to the left facing its smaller kin perched
                                                             beside, with a later pierced hole, the translucent stone of pale green
                                                             colour with russet inclusions on the back and right wing of the bird.
                                                             4.7cm (2 7/8in) wide

                                                             £2,000 - 3,000
                                                             CNY18,000 - 27,000

                                                             或明 青玉帶皮鳳凰把件

                                                             Provenance: The Sze Yuan Tang collection
                                                             來源: 思源堂收藏

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                                                             A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF
                                                             TWO MANDARIN DUCKS ON LOTUS LEAF
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             carved in the round as a pair of mandarin ducks each facing the other
                                                             and grasping a lotus stem, the underside picked out with a lotus leaf.
                                                             9cm (3 1/2in) long.

                                                             £2,000 - 3,000
                                                             CNY18,000 - 27,000

                                                             十八/十九世紀 青玉帶皮鴛鴦銜蓮擺件
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