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A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF KUI XING
The figure of The Daoist deity, the God of Examinations, carved
running atop a sea creature, with a brush in the right hand, flanked
with a smaller deity, the stone of an even celadon hue. 13.5cm (5
1/4in) high

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000

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TWO JADE CARVINGS
Comprising: a pale green openwork carving of a boy bearing a flag
before monkeys clambering in a fruiting peach tree, before pierced
rockwork, the reverse part russet; and a pale green and part russet
carving of the He He twins clambering on a recumbent Buddhist lion.
The largest 8.5cm (3.3/8in) long. (2).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000

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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘SAGE AND BOY’ GROUP
18th/19th century
The stone of an even very pale celadon hue, carved with a Daoist sage
holding a ruyi sceptre and wearing a tasselled hat, flanked with a boy
servant.
7.5cm (3in) high

£600 - 800
761 CNY5,300 - 7,100
HK$6,600 - 8,800
Provenance
The Philip Cardeiro Collection, Knapton Rasti Asian Art, 2009, no. 126
(label)

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