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JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS
907
FOUR RETICULATED WHITE JADE PLAQUES
Qing dynasty
The first an ovoid plaque carved with a shou character within flowers
and a pearl-shaped border, the second depicting the Hehe Twines
amid auspicious symbols including lotus, lingzhi fungus, and a bat,
and tied with a silk tassel, the third a rectangular jade plaque carved
in layered openwork depicting lotus and lingzhi sprigs, the fourth
plaque carved with a shou character above a bat between leafy
lotus blossoms.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) diameter of circular jade plaque (4).
$1,200 - 1,800

907

908
A GROUP OF THREE WHITE JADE CARVINGS
18th/19th century
The first a two-section belt buckle, each section featuring a cusped
edge and fronted with a coiled chilong in raised relief, the reverse
with a raised button, the hook to one side formed as a dragon head;
the second a slender dragon hook with a deeply arched shaft and a
dragon head terminus, decorated with archaic scrolls; the third a
boat-shaped spoon, its ridged handle decorated with lingzhi heads.
3 1/4 to 6in (8.3 to 15.2cm) long (4).

$2,000 - 3,000

908

909
A GROUP OF TWENTY-FIVE SMALL JADE CARVINGS
Late Qing/Republic period
Including fifteen small jadeite plaques carved in various shapes, and
ten white nephrite white nephrite carvings: nine rendered as flower
heads, the tenth a section of a garment buckle.
1 15/16in 4.9cm) diameter of largest nephrite carving (25).

$800 - 1,200

909

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