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A WHITE JADE ‘MONKEY’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

well worked in the form of a seated monkey with both hands holding a peach to
its right ear, a smaller monkey clambering beside holding a leafy lingzhi stem, both
detailed with a wrinkled forehead and finely incised hairs along the spine, the stone of
an even greyish-white colour with light brown highlights
 , ¾ .

£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 77,500-116,000 US$ 10,000-14,900

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