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9064 9068
A GROUP OF THIRTEEN JADE AND HARDSTONE CICADA A JADEITE FIGURE OF A BEAUTY
AMULETS Late Qing/Republic period
The amulets displaying a variety of shapes and colors, drilled either Her hair tied in a topknot and the hems of her layered garments
with one or two holes at the top of the head for suspension. caught in the wind as she stands holding a deeply undercut peony
1 1/4 to 2 3/8in (3.1 to 6cm) long branch in her hands, the matrix of pale greenish-white hue marked
with icy white veins, natural fissure lines and patches of russet
US$1,000 - 1,500 staining at the back and base.
12 5/8in (32cm) high
Due to the large number of items in this lot, photographs and condition US$2,000 - 3,000
reports of individual items will not be available.
9065 9069
A GROUP OF FOUR JADE MINIATURE ANIMAL TOGGLES A GROUP OF THREE JADE CARVINGS
The first a russet-stained duck with its head turned backward to form The first a white jade circular plaque undercut and engraved on both
a suspension loop; the second a dark brown-stained recumbent sides with a phoenix and bats flying amid branches of prunus, peach
ram, its crossed front legs forming the suspension loops; the third a and lingzhi fungus (chips); the second a white jade cup undercut
recumbent pup with dark russet stain to the left side, its front paws as a hollowed lingzhi fungus head rising amid bamboo and pine
drill as a suspension loop; the last another recumbent ram with pale branches, a crane standing to one side and smaller lingzhi fungus
russet staining on the left side, its undercut horns forming a usable heads carved into a bale brown vein at the base of the matrix (chips);
suspension loop at the top (chipped). the third a spinach jade vase of flattened baluster form with a band of
1 1/2 to 2in (3.8 to 5cm) long C-scrolls and tubular handles at the neck, a taotie mask band above
descending cicada-shaped reserves around the body and an oval-
US$1,500 - 2,500 sectioned foot (white surface discolorations).
5 1/2in (14cm) height of vase
9066 US$1,300 - 1,900
A RECTANGULAR JADE PLAQUE
Late Qing/Repubic period 9070
Of pale greenish-white hue and rounded rectangular form with A CARVED JADE LIBATION CUP
scalloped edges, undercut with a crown of clouds above a 19th century
rectangular reserve of two fish hanging from a ribboned chime the Of irregular oval section, carved in high relief and undercut as a
reverse inscribed with a seal reading Jiqing youyu (auspiciousness young dragon climbing up one side of a tree trunk with remnants of a
and abundance) (tiny chips). flowering branch on the opposing side, the base recessed to form a
2 7/16in (6.2cm) long foot pad (losses to flowering branch).
4 1/2in (11.5cm)
US$1,500 - 2,500
US$1,500 - 2,500
The combination of chime (qing) and fish (yu) on the front forms the
visual rebus for the four-character seal on the reverse.
9067
A WHITE JADE TOGGLE OF PEAPODS
Late Qing/Republic period
Of oval shape, thinly sectioned and undercut as three pea pods
with line-incised details hanging from a leafy stalk that forms the
suspension loop, the matrix showing a faint green tinge and tiny
patches of pale russet on the soft (tiny chips).
2 1/4in (5.8cm) long
US$1,000 - 1,500
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