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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. 920
PETER M. GREINER
PROPERTY FROM AN IDAHO PRIVATE
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘LOTUS’ COLLECTION
CARVING
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH TWO WHITE JADE ‘ANIMAL’
CENTURY CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY
of oval section, a lotus fruit pod embedded with
seven circular seeds, borne on a beribboned stalk comprising a miniature carving of a goose
issuing entwined owers and leaves along the clasping in its beak the stem of the lily pad on
sides, the stone with milky white inclusions, wood which it sits and a recumbent horse turning its
stand (2) head sharply to rest on its rounded back, the
Width 2¼ in., 5.6 cm mane and tail nely carved; together with a
PROVENANCE 20th century jade carving of a pair of horses
Acquired between 1970-1979. reclined against one another with heads turned
$ 2,500-3,500 exchanging glances, the neck of one horse
pierced (3)
㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䘥䌱晽咖咔㈲ẞ Length of longest 2¼ in., 5.7 cm
PROVENANCE
920 Acquired in San Francisco in the 1950s-1960s,
and thence by descent.
921 $ 3,000-5,000

PROPERTY FROM AN IDAHO PRIVATE 921
COLLECTION

THREE JADE CARVINGS
19TH 20TH CENTURY

comprising a gray jade carving of a cat and kitten
in repose on a plantain leaf; a celadon and russet
jade gure resting with its legs tucked under the
body, pierced from the top of its back for a cord
and a gray-green jade carving of a two-tailed
feline mythical creature, pierced through the neck
with a string inserted, three wood stands (6)
Length of longest 2½ in., 6.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in San Francisco in the 1950s-1960s,
and thence by descent.
$ 600-800

⋩ḅ军Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ䌱晽㒢ẞᶱẞ

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