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                                                                              A LARGE PALE JADE ‘CHILONG’
                                                                              DOUBLE BUCKLE
                                                                              18th century
                                                                              Each section of bracket-lobed form, carved
                                                                              in high openwork relief with a striding sinuous
                                                                              chilong grasping leafy lingzhi stems, with
                                                                              dragon head clasp, the stone of pale green
                                                                              hue.
                                                                              12.7cm (5in) long. (2).

                                                                              £1,500 - 2,000
                                                                              HK$15,000 - 20,000
                                                                              CNY13,000 - 18,000
                519
                                                                              Provenance
                                                                              An English Private Collection, collected in the
                                                                              1930’s and thence by descent. Purchased
                                                                              from Dickinson Galleries, Singapore, 1935,
                                                                              mentioned in letter from the gallery.

                                                                              520
                                                                              A PALE GREEN JADE ‘CHILONG’
                                                                              DOUBLE BUCKLE
                                                                              18th century
                                                                              Each lobed section carved in openwork relief
                                                                              with a striding coiled chilong holding leafy
                                                                              lingzhi stems, with dragon head clasp.
                                                                              11cm (4.3/8in) long. (2).
                                                                              £1,000 - 1,500
                                                                              HK$9,800 - 15,000
                                                                              CNY8,900 - 13,000
                                                                              Provenance
                                                                              An English Private Collection, collected in the
                                                                              1930’s and thence by descent.

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                                                                              A PALE GREEN JADE HAIRPIN
                                                                              Late Ming Dynasty
                                                                              The terminal finely carved in openwork relief
                                                                              with birds amongst intertwined fruiting stems,
                                                                              encircling a single prunus spray.
                                                                              16cm (6.1/4in) long.

                                                                              £800 - 1,200
                                                                              HK$7,800 - 12,000
                                                                              CNY7,100 - 11,000
                                                                              Provenance
                                                                              An English Private Collection, collected in the
                                                                              1930’s and thence by descent. Purchased
                                                                              from Dickinson Galleries, Singapore, 1935,
                                                                              mentioned in letter from the gallery.









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