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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘TWIN FISH’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
deftly carved as a pair of conjoined carp with curled tails and mouths open forming
apertures, the plump bodies detailed with renderings of finely detailed fins and
scales, the greyish-white stone with attractive russet inclusions and markings
, ⅞ .
EXHIBITED
An Exhibition of Fine Jade, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1981, cat. no. 32.
£ 12,000-18,000
HK$ 116,000-174,000 US$ 14,900-22,400
An Exhibition of Fine Jade Spink Son Ltd 1981 32
For footnote see p. 132
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