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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A PROMINENT BAY AREA 9121
COLLECTOR A ROCK CRYSTAL SEAL
Of irregular elongated shape and oval section, the surfaces engraved
9117 with two boats sailing toward a rocky shoreline below pine branches
A MOTTLED GRAY JADE BI and clouds, the flat base without inscription (chipped).
Carved on both sides with the same field of raised bosses and raised 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
edges, the pale gray-green matrix showing some gray patches
enhanced with black staining (minor chips). US$800 - 1,200
2 1/4in (5.6cm) diameter
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN HAWAII
US$800 - 1,200
9122
9118 TWO SMALL JADE CARVINGS
A MINIATURE JADE HORSE TOGGLE The first, a brush bath of gray-green hue with two conjoined wells
Qing dynasty hollowed out as five-petal lotus flowers supported on an undercut
Carved in a recumbent pose, its head facing backwards, the mane leafy stem that also issues a lotus pod; the second pale greenish-
and the tail on the underside engraved with minute parallel lines white paper weight of irregular profile with a flat polished base
and the hooves delicately recessed, the pale greenish-white stone supporting a gnarled pine tree spreading its undercut branches over
showing with a natural hairline fissure and a vertical drill hole through a resting egret at one end and a recumbent on the reverse side near
the back. the trunk.
1 3/4in (4.5cm) long 3 3/8 and 5 1/2in (8.5 and 15cm) long

US$1,000 - 1,500 US$2,000 - 3,000

9119
A GROUP OF THREE JADE CARVINGS
Each of pale greenish-white hue: the first a miniature tray of ovoid
quatrelobed section with shallow curving well and conforming foot
ring; the section a cicada amulet finished on both sides and drilled
with two suspension holes at the top of the head; the third a thinly
sectioned bi disk carved with a leiwen band and trigrams to one side
and a field of raised bosses on the other (minor chips).
2 to 2 3/8in (5 to 6cm) long

US$800 - 1,200
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

9120
A GROUP OF FIVE JADE DECORATIONS
The first a plaque of rounded rectangular form, thinly sectioned and
undercut as four kui dragons surrounding a circular bi with a convex
surface to the front, the reverse engraved with scroll work and drilled
with pairs of holes for attachment to another surface; the second a
belt hook undercut with a kui dragon facing a larger dragon head
with drilled jaw as the hook, reversed by a circular button; the third
an oval pendant of a coiled kui dragon, deeply undercut and finished
on both sides, one side retaining the slight convex surface of the
original boulder; the fourth a toggle in the shape of a frog, its mouth
drilled for suspension; the last a rounded rectangular plaque with
cusped edges, carved in raised relief with quail and autumn grasses,
now glued to the cover of a wood box top.
1 7/8 to 4 3/4in (4.8 to 11.8cm) long

US$2,000 - 3,000

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