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JAdeS ANd OTHeR HARdSTONe A STRINg OF JAdeITe BeAdS ANd
cARVINgS FOuR cABOcHON STONeS
19th and 20th century The bead necklace formed of sixty-seven
A jade musical stone, 12cm wide, a jade two- subtly graduated beads and with a yellow
part belt buckle carved with boys (damages), metal clasp set with a cabochon stone,
5.3cm high, a carved and pierced two-tone 27cm long doubled, together with four small
pendant, 6cm high, a jadeite bi-disc 4.8cm cabochon polished jadeite stones.
diameter and a bead necklace with eternal (5).
knot pendant.
(6). £250 - 350

£300 - 500 Provenance
purchased by the current Scottish owner’s
173 grandparent’s when they lived and worked in
A wHITe JAde ANd AgATe-INlAId Shanghai circa 1920.
gIlT-BRONze BelT Buckle
18th century 176
Consisting of two rectangular white jade A wHITe JAde FlOweR BASkeT
reticulated plaques enclosed within a gilt- PeNdANT
bronze border cast with floral decorations, 18th century
one with attached central panel inlaid with Crisply carved in the form of a woven basket,
agate. the flaring rim pierced and carved with leafy
9.3cm long chrysanthemums and two upright loop
handles connected to a double ruyi-head and
174 £2,000 - 3,000 bat handle with further ring, the stone of even
pale-white tone.
174 11.5cm high
A lATeR-MOuNTed JAde PlAque
Jade 18th/19th century £1,000 - 1,500
The oval carved and pierced plaque of evenly
toned pale green hue depicting two bats
amidst peony. SNuFF BOTTleS
Jade 7.5cm high, and in wood frame and
stand 177
A clOISONNé eNAMel SNuFF BOTTle
£400 - 600 Decorated to the neck with band of prunus
flowers and to each side with a central shou
roundel flanked by stylized pairs of blue chi-
dragons and red phoenix on a gilt ground,
all within a foliate panel surrounded by lotus
flowers and foliage on a gilt ground.
5.4cm high
£3,000 - 5,000

Compare to a similar snuff bottle sold at
176 Christie’s New York, on 13 September 2017,
lot 204.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
44 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.