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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CARVED BLACK AND WHITE JADE LOG RAFT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
in the form of a peach tree log raft, the stern cleverly carved
using the layering of colour in the stone with white jade leafy
branches bearing lush fruit, the greyish-black raft carrying an
immortal seated with a double-gourd ß ask issuing wisps of
smoke on which rests a bird and a bat, a seated sage and a
deer further up the raft
14 cm, 5½ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 16th May 2007, lot 259.
಴ £ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 66,500-88,500 US$ 8,500-11,300
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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL BLACK AND GREYISH!WHITE JADE
CARVING OF TWO CATS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

both recumbent, each facing head to tail, the smaller cat with
a butterß y beside its head, the mottled pale grey stone with
blackish-brown colouring
6 cm, 2⅜ in.

PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 19th September 2013, lot 1669.
಴ £ 5,000-7,000
97 HK$ 55,500-77,500 US$ 7,100-9,900

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A PALE CELADON, RUSSET AND BLACK
JADE ‘CHILONG’ SCROLL WEIGHT
MING DYNASTY

carved with animated chilong writhing across the surface, the
stone of a pale celadon tone with russet and black inclusions
9 cm, 3½ in.
PROVENANCE
Christies London, 7 November 2014, lot 629.
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Priestley & Ferraro, London.
98 ಴ £ 10,000-15,000
HK$ 111,000-166,000 US$ 14,100-21,200

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