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A WHITE JADE ‘ELEPHANT AND BOYS’
GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the beast carved standing foursquare wearing an elaborate saddle cloth, the
head lowered and turned sharply to the right to look at the two young boys,
one standing at the side, the other climbing over the back, the stone of very
pale celadon-white colour
. , ⅜ .
£ 15,000-25,000
HK$ 145,000-242,000 US$ 18,700-31,100
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For footnote see p. 131
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