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 A MELON-GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON CARP’
 GROUP
 QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

  meticulously carved in the form of a rotund dragon-fish with the flattened
  scaly body of a carp and the maned head of a dragon, depicted with broad
  curling pectoral fins and serrated spine, raised snout and open jaws baring
  teeth, with a carp clambering up its back, finely detailed fins and scales for
  both, the smoothly polished stone of a greyish-green colour with russet
  patches
  . , ⅞ .
 £ 30,000-40,000
 HK$ 290,000-386,000 US$ 37,300-49,700

  For footnote see p. 132

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