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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOHN
PAYNE
A WHITE JADE ‘MONKEY’ PENDANT
QING DYNASTY

the circular pebble rendered in openwork with a seated
monkey holding a leafy branch with three peaches
5.7 cm, 2¼ in.
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,600-3,850

清 白玉靈猴獻壽珮

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AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE ‘BOY’ PLAQUE
LATE QING DYNASTY
one face incised with a boy holding a lingzhi spray, the reverse
with two characters reading jixiang (auspicious), framed by
lingzhi scrolls above and below
5.2 cm, 2 in.
HK$ 15,000-25,000
US$ 1,950-3,250
清末 白玉靈芝童子圖牌
「吉祥」字

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AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE ‘DOUBLE
GOURD’ PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

worked as a double gourd and a smaller attendant fruit borne
on leafy vines with curling tendrils, the flat reverse incised
with an inscription followed by two seals reading wenwan
(‘scholarly plaything’)
6 cm, 2¾ in.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,500
清十八世紀 白玉葫蘆牌
「文」「玩」印
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