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A SET OF THIRTEEN RETICULATED JADE PLAQUES A TRANSLUCENT GRAYISH-WHITE JADEITE DISH
FEATURING THE TWELVE ZODIAC ANIMALS Carefully cut with a tapered rim flaring outward above the shallow
Each plaque thinly sectioned, carved in high relief and reticulated curving well, the walls thickening slightly toward the foot ring with
with a horizontal cloud pattern as the background: each of the twelve recessed base, the matrix showing a number of cloudy white
zodiac animals appearing in wedge-shaped plaques that form a circle inclusions and faint yellow staining in the natural fissure lines.
surrounding the central circular plaque depicting the Azure Dragon of 6 3/16in (16.8cm) diameter
the East and the White tiger of the West in reverse order to the Black
Turtle of the North and the Vermilion Bird of the South,with a yin-yang US$800 - 1,200
roundel amid clouds at the center (minor chips).
8in (20.2cm) diameter overall 9084
A GROUP OF THREE JADEITE BANGLES
US$6,000 - 8,000 The first of toroid form showing two green patches in the translucent
matrix of pale yellow hue with cloudy inclusions; and two with upright
9080 interior walls and, convex exterior surfaces, the stones of translucent
A MOTTLED GREEN AND WHITE JADEITE QUATRELOBED pale gray with cloudy white inclusions and a patch of pale green.
BOWL 2 1/4 to 2 1/8in (5.7 to 5.4cm) interior diameter
Late Qing/Republic period
Carved with four cloud-collar feet, canted walls and two carp facing US$1,500 - 2,000
head to tail in delicate raised relief across the floor of the well, one
holding a peach branch and the other a flower in its mouth, the 9085
matrix shaded from pale cloudy white to gray-green and marked with TWO GREEN JADEITE BANGLES
prominent natural fissure lines. Of slightly differing diameter but similar form: their upright interior
9 3/4in (25cm) long walls and convex exterior surfaces well-matched in color, displaying
some cloudy white inclusions in the translucent pale green matrix and
US$4,000 - 6,000 a large vein of brilliant and bright leaf green.
2 1/8 and 2 5/16in (5.4 and 6cm) interior diameter
9081
AN OLIVE GEEN JADE VASE AND COVER US$1,200 - 1,800
Late Qing/Republic period
Of flattened baluster form and oval section, the neck cut with animal
head and loop handles suspending loose rings and a band of leaves
that recur on the flattened walls of the body below opposing taotie
and interlace panels, the oval foot deeply hollowed, the conforming
cover similarly similarly finished and topped by a fu-lion finial (minor
surface chips).
14 1/4in (36.2cm) high

US$2,000 - 3,000

9082
A MING STYLE RECUMBENT JADE DEER
Deeply undercut with its head raised and its mouth holding a lingzhi
fungus, the mottled gray stone showing pale russet inclusions,
opaque white veins and some russet staining (chipped).
3 1/8in (7.9cm) long

US$1,000 - 1,500

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