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THREE JADE ARCHER’S RINGS 1051
QING DYNASTY

two of an even white translucent stone, one with rope twist
borders, the other with a rectangular cartouche; the third a
beige stone with brown veining, carved with a dragon in relief
Diameter of widest 1 in., 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Charlotte Horstmann.

$ 4,000-6,000

㶭ġġġ䌱㈛㊯ᶱẞ

1051

PROPERTY OF A LADY

A JADEITE LINGZHI PENDANT
LATE QING DYNASTY

the apple-green and emerald dappled stone well-carved to
each side with clusters of lingzhi, pierced with a silk cord
fastened with seed pearls clustered around a glass bead
Height of jadeite 2 in., 5 cm

PROVENANCE
Yamanaka & Co., London.
Collection of Lady Moya Melisende Browne Campbell (1892-
circa 1970), daughter of the sixth Marquess of Sligo.

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭㛓ġġġ侈䌱晽䤷军⽫曰䲳䎖

1052

AN INSCRIBED GOLD BEAD
QING DYNASTY

of oblong form and pierced through the center, decorated
around the exterior with a prunus tree growing among bamboo
and rockwork, the gnarled tree with extended branches
bearing blossoms in full and bud, accompanied by an imperial
poem in kaishu eulogizing prunus, followed by an apocryphal
Qianlong yuzhi inscription, of 22K yellow gold
Height 1⅞ in., 4.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Marie Elise Patreaux (1880-1920), Paris.
Collection of Marie Isabelle London (1920-1960), Paris.

$ 7,000-9,000

㶭ġġġ慹掐㠭䞛⚾娑㔯䎈
柴嬀烉
㕄㍈ᶨ㡅㯜ġ⑩柴暋㎋䧙ġ
⚰⚰溆溆塷ġ䚜㗗ἃ⽫䅰ġḦ昮⽉嬀

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