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9092
A GROUP OF FIVE RETICULATED JADE PLAQUES
The first of musical chime shape, deeply undercut and finished on
both sides with the Hehe twins scampering amid clouds, a bat and a
crane; the second of circular form with lobed edges, deeply undercut
in double layer relief but finished only on the front with a flock of
water birds in a lotus pond (chips); the third finished on both sides
as a butterfly with a peony flower between its wings; the fourth of
square form, finished on both sides with two dragons separated by
the characters ji and xiang above a bat; the last of ovoid profile with
lobed edges surrounding a dragon and phoenix amid flowers and
lingzhi fungus carved in double layer relief but finished only on the
front (chipped).
3 7/8in (9.9cm) height of oval plaque
US$1,200 - 1,500
9093
A GROUP OF ELEVEN JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVING
Most of archaistic form including three miniature cong of square
section with circular drill hole centering the cylindrical interior walls; Each polished and finished on both sides: the first of pale olive hue,
the fourth a rounded rectangular pig-form amulet; the fifth a roughly
finished circular bi disk; the sixth a crescent shaped huang plaque
with two drill holes at opposite ends; the seventh a thinly sectioned
pendant of bird shape; the eighth a rectangular plaque finished
to one side with raised C-scroll interlaces on a hatched ground;
the ninth a carp grasping water weeds in its mouth with drill hole
for suspension; the tenth a pebble of a lingzhi fungus form with
transverse drill hole for use as a toggle; the eleventh an irregular
pebble formed as a double peach branch with drill hole for use as a
toggle (a few with minor or polished chips).
4 1/8in (10.5cm) length of pig amulet
US$1,000 - 1,500
Due to the large number of pieces in this lot, photos and condition
reports on individual items will not be available.
9094
A GROUP OF FOUR JADE CARVINGS
The first a reticulated plaque of pale greenish-white hue finished
on both sides as an insect crawling over a branch of lingzhi fungus
(chip); the second a mottled ocher plaque finished on both sides
with engraved outlines and reticulated as the character fu; the third a
greenish-white plaque reticulated as the character shou; the fourth a
pale greenish-white child’s bangle carved with a rope pattern.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) height of largest carving
US$1,000 - 1,500
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9095
A GROUP OF SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE AND HARDSTONE
SCABBARD SLIDES
Each of rectangular form reversed by a rectangular sectioned loop:
the first of mottled green with opaque straw colored patches and a
field of raised bosses across the front; the second of mottled ocher
with russet staining, carved with a a kui dragon across the front;
the third of deep olive color with russet staining and a front panel
of raised bosses above a panel of engraved lines; the fourth of pale
green and dark russet with a field of raised bosses; the fifth of pale
green and russet with a field of raised bosses and canted rectangular
edge; the sixth and largest of dark gray-green hue retaining the
richly mottled russet skin of the boulder across the face (a few with
polished edges an minor old chips).
2 5/8 to 4 1/8in (6.7 to 10.5cm) long
US$800 - 1,200
9096
A GROUP OF FIVE JADE PENDANTS
brightly polished and carefully finished as an egret perched above
lotus leaves; the second of pale russet hue, reticulated as a bat
hovering above two coins and a branch of peaches; the third of
pyramidal form also with a bat but combined with a branch holding
the Three Abundances (peach, finger citron and pomegranate); the
fourth and fifth of oval format with pearl borders, one reticulated with
the Three Friends of Winter (pine, bamboo and prunus), the other
depicting the Hehe Twins.
2 3/8in (6cm) height of pale russet pendant
1 7/8 (4.6vm) width of Three Friends pendant
US$1,000 - 1,500
9097
A GROUP OF FOUR JADE BANGLES
Each of toroid form: the darkest green bangle showing tiny black
inclusions and patches of cloudy white;, the second of translucent
medium green hue with minor cloudy inclusions and highly polished
surface; the third of similar hue with extensive cloudy inclusions and
polished to a matte finish; the fourth of translucent dark gray but
broken and re-stuck.
2 1/16 to 2 5/16in (5.3 to 5.9cm) interior diameter
US$1,000 - 1,500