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AN ARCHAISTIC JADE SWORD CHAPE A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE A GROUP OF ELEVEN JADE SWORD
Ming Dynasty or earlier ARCHAISTIC PENDANT SLIDES
Of pale green tone with mottled creamy Of flaring form, carved to each side with a Ming Dynasty
brown inclusions, carved to each side with horned beast mask. Variously carved from pale green, creamy,
taotie masks, with central aperture. 4.8cm (1.7/8in) long. black and grey jade, one slide with an incised
4.3cm (1.5/8in) long. scrolling trellis, three with a design of shallow
£800 - 1,200 relief bosses, the others all decorated with
£1,000 - 1,500 HK$7,800 - 12,000 c-scrolling motifs.
HK$9,800 - 15,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000 Largest: 9.2cm (3 5/8in) long (11).
CNY8,900 - 13,000
Provenance £1,000 - 1,500
Provenance Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), HK$9,800 - 15,000
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by descent CNY8,900 - 13,000
Singapore, and thence by descent
Provenance
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018),
Singapore, and thence by descent

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