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3715
A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL
BEAST
MING DYNASTY

worked recumbent with legs tucked underneath its body and
the tail curled alongside its rear haunches, the single-horned
head turned sharply backwards looking at its knopped spine,
the face detailed with large rounded eyes beneath curled
eyebrows, funnel-shaped ears, flaring nostrils and a wide
grinning mouth, the stone of an even white tone with traces of
russet along the front
7 cm, 2¾ in.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,400-25,800
明 白玉辟邪

3716
A JADEITE ‘TWIN FISH’ CARVING
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the vibrant apple-green pebble well worked as a larger fish with
its young by its side, the fish depicted grasping in their mouths
a curling stem issuing a large lotus leaf on one side
8.1 cm, 3¼ in.
HK$ 180,000-250,000
US$ 23,200-32,300
清十八世紀 翠玉年年有餘珮

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