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696
A RARE PALE GREEN JADE ‘PHOENIX’ BRUSHWASHER
17th/18th century
The bird carved with its head gently tilted back to rest on the right
shoulder, the wings and bifurcated tail crisply carved in shallow relief
with stylised feathers of archaistic design, the back deeply hollowed
to form the vessel, the stone of pale green tone with white and darker
inclusions. 10.1cm (4 1/4in) long.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十七/十八世紀 青白玉雕鳳凰式洗

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2010, no.76.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2010年，
編號76

The present lot takes its inspiration from late Song to early Ming
dynasty birds carved in the same pose. See for example, a yellow jade
bird, Song/Ming dynasty, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from
696 Han to Ch’ing, New York, 1980, p.96, no.81.
697
A VERY PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
18th century
The pebble smoothly carved as a recumbent beast, the large head
with bulbous eyes beneath furrowed brows and a long bifurcated horn,
grasping a spray of auspicious lingzhi fungus in its jaws, turned sharply
towards its back, the tail curled around its left haunch, the stone of
pale-green tone with a dark brown area. 5.2cm (2in) long.
£800 - 1,000
CNY7,200 - 9,100
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 青白玉雕瑞獸銜芝

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter
Exhibition, London, 2009, no.97.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，
編號97

A similar jade carving of a Buddhist lion is illustrated by Mei Ninghua
and Tao Xincheng, Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Jades,
697 Beijing, 2002, p.189, no.220.
698
A FINE SMALL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘QILIN, BAT AND
COINS’ GROUP
18th century
The small pebble smoothly carved as a recumbent mythical beast with
a single horn curling down its back, its head turned sharply to its right
facing a bat clambering up its spine, seated atop a string of coins, the
stone of lustrous even white tone heightened with russet inclusions.
3.2cm (1 1/4in) long.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 白玉麒麟把件

The design sends a hidden message, by combining images of bats (fu
蝠) which pun on ‘blessings’, and coins (qian 钱) which pun on ‘before’
to create the rebus ‘blessings before your eyes, ‘fuzai yanqian’ 福在眼
前. Traditional Chinese coins have a square central opening called an
‘eye’ (yan 眼).

See a related white jade carving of a mythical beast, 16th/17th century,
illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and
Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.63.
698

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