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AN AGATE MONKEY AND BAT A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE
GROUP ‘BOY AND LION’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH MING DYNASTY
CENTURY
the boy seated with his left hand resting
cleverly carved and pierced using the on the head of a recumbent lion, the
caramel and greyish-white colours of animal with its head turned, the stone
the stone to depict two monkeys and an even celadon tone with russet
a butterfly to the front face, with a bat highlights
and lingzhi to the reverse Width 7.6 cm, 3 in.
Width 5 cm, 2 in.
‡ £ 10,000-15,000
‡ £ 5,000-7,000
明 褐斑青玉童子戲獅擺件
清十八世紀
瑪瑙巧雕靈猴獻瑞紋珮

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A YELLOW JADE KNOT PICKER A RARE PALE CEALDON JADE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH ‘QILIN’ GROUP
CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH
CENTURY
in the form of a mythical beast, its head
with almond-shaped eyes and horns, the two entwined qilin with heads turned
the flattened sinuous body incised with to the right and limbs tucked beneath,
scrolls and terminating in a curled tail, the wide faces set with round eyes,
the stone with light russet inclusions pointed horns and a tapering beard, the
Length 7 cm, 2¾ in. bifurcated tails wrapped around, the
stone a pale celadon colour with russet
‡ £ 6,000-8,000 inclusions
Width 7 cm, 2¾ in.
清十八世紀
黃玉雕瑞獸形觿 ‡ £ 30,000-50,000
清十七/十八世紀
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青白玉雕麒麟擺件

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