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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTION
                                                                               ~747
                                                                               A  PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE `DEER'
                                                                               GROUP
                                                                               19TH CENTURY
                                                                               The group is carved in high relief with a recumbent
                                                                               doe with its head turned backward towards
                                                                               the standing stag on the opposite side, admist
                                                                               plantain trees and rocks.
                                                                               8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, wood stand

                                                                               $6,000-8,000
                                                                               重要私人珍藏
                                                                               清十九世紀 灰白玉雕雙鹿擺件


                                                                               PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MANHATTAN COLLECTION
                                                                               748
                                                                               A WELL-CARVED GREYISH-GREEN AND
                                                                               BLACK JADE CARVING OF A FOREIGNER
                                                                               AND MYTHICAL BEAST
                                                                               17TH-18TH CENTURY
                                                                               The foreigner is shown seated on top of the
                                                                               Buddhist lion, holding a beribboned brocade ball in
                                                                               his proper right hand and a section of ribbon in his
                                                                               proper left hand. The stone is of mottled greyish-
                                                                               green color with brownish-black patches.
                                                                               4º in. (10.8 cm.) high

                                                                               $15,000-25,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Acquired prior to 1982, by repute.

                                                                               曼哈頓私人珍藏
                                                                               十七/十八世紀 灰青玉雕胡人騎獸擺件
                                                                               來源:
                                                                               入藏於1982年前(傳)。

                                                                               THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
                                                                               749
                                                                               A LARGE SPINACH-GREEN AND BROWN
                                                                               JADE CARVING OF A BUDDHIST LION
                                                                               AND CUB
                                                                               18TH CENTURY
                                                                               The Buddhist lion is carved with a knobbly spine and
                                                                               a luxuriantly curling tail and mane. Its head is turned
                                                                               towards its cub that clambers onto its back, beside a
                                                                               beribboned brocade ball. The stone is a deep green
                                                                               color mottled with darker brown patches.
                                                                               6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
                                                                               $20,000-25,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Acquired in London prior to 1982.
                                                                               Askenazie & Co., San Francisco.

                                                                               私人珍藏
                                                                               清十八世紀 褐碧玉雕太師少師擺件
                                                                               來源:
                                                                               1982年前入藏於倫敦。
                                     747
                                                                               Askenazie & Co., 舊金山。
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