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A GROUP OF FOUR JADE CARVINGS TWO ARCHAISTIC JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS
The first an archaistic belt hook with dragon decoration, the mottled The first a yellow jade crouching tiger, its square jaw drilled and its
gray matrix showing lavender and bright leaf green patches; the body engraved with delicate scrolling designs meant to recall bronze
second a pale green jadeite toroid bangle with cloudy inclusions and prototypes form the Zhou period; the second a crested dragon with
veins of deeper green hue; the third a rectangular bead of square curling tail of Shang type, the raised scales along its backbone using
section incised with a bamboo pattern and suspended on a rose russet veins in the straw colored matrix (both with tiny chips).
colored cord with colored circular beads; the last a mottled green 4 and 2 7/8in (10 and7.3cm) long
and russet tortoise of longevity issuing vapor supporting a ribbon-tied
book. US$1,200 - 1,800
3 1/4in (8.2cm) length of belt hook
2 3/16in (5.5cm) interior diameter of bangle 9108
TWO GREEN JADEITE BANGLES
US$1,000 - 1,500 Each of toroid form and well matched in color, showing cloudy white
inclusions in the pale leaf green matrix.
9105 2in (5cm) interior diameter
A GROUP OF THREE CARVED JADE PLAQUES
Qing dynasty and later US$1,500 - 2,500
The first a Ming style rectangular plaque finished on both sides with a
pearl border surrounding a reticulated panel of a phoenix amid peony 9109
flowers, the off-white matrix showing russet patches; the second a TWO MOTTLED GREEN JADEITE BANGLES
thinly sectioned bi disk finished on both sides with a dense field of One larger than the other but each finished with an upright interior
raised hexagonal bosses, the pale greenish-white matrix showing wall and convex exterior surface, the larger bangle of pale greenish-
pale russet patches; the third a mottled ocher pendant combining a white hue with cloudy white inclusions and patches of bright to dark
bi disk with a gui scepter, the disk showing dragons in clouds and leaf green, the smaller bangle marked with icy white inclusions and
the scepter a yinyang roundel, the reverse finished with clouds and fewer patches of bright green.
the scepter top drilled with suspension; holes together with a finely 5/8 and 5/16in (1.6 and 1.3cm) high
woven cord joining jade and hardstone ornaments that include a 2 1/4 and 2 3/16in (5.8 and 5.6cm) interior diameters
cicada, a silk worm cocoon, a reticulated bone and a recumbent ram
combined with variegated glass beads and a yellow metal imitation US$700 - 1,000
cash. [4]
2 3/8in (6cm) length across phoenix plaque 9110
2 3/4in (7cm) height of bi/gui pendant TWO JADEITE BANGLES
Each of toroid form but slightly different in size, the stones of pale
US$1,200 - 1,800 leaf green with cloudy white inclusions, the thinner bangle showing
patches of slightly more intense green hue.
9106 2 1/8 and 2 1/16in (5.4 and 5.2cm) interior diameter
A GROUP OF THREE JADE SEALS
The first of green color, rectangular section, engraved with four US$1,200 - 1,800
characters and undercut with a qilin finial; the second of off-white
hue and elongated rectangular form, engraved with four characters,
the recumbent beast finial drilled at the top with a suspension hole;
the third of tall trapezoidal shape and mottled grey hue, engraved
with two seals, the recumbent fu-lion finial drilled with a transverse
suspension hole (some surfaces chipped, polished).
1 3/4 to 1 5/16in (4.5 to 3.3cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
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