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PROPERTY FROM THE COONEY-CHAPMAN FAMILY TRUST
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A GROUP OF FIVE JADE DECORATIONS
Including a model of a turtle, a dragon hook, a circular pendant carved
in openwork with a ‘ji’ character between bats, fish, and a chime, a bi
disc decorated with a raised chilong on one side, and dense bosses
on the reverse side, the fourth a rectangular pendant formed by two
conjoined archaistic cong, one side decorated with a sinuous chilong.
3 1/2in (8.9cm) length of dragon hook (5).
$1,500 - 2,000

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
987
THREE CARVED HARDSTONE DECORATIONS
The first spinach jade bi disc, the front centered with a squirrel and
grapes enclosed by flower and fruit roundels carved against an incised
ground, the reverse with a flower-head and two small drilled holes; the
second an agate carving of a Luohan standing next to a box on rocks;
the third a carnelian water coupe rendered as a leafy peach. 988
3 3/8in (8.5cm) diameter of spinach jade bi disc (3).
$2,500 - 3,500

988
A ROSE QUARTZ GODDESS
Modeled in layered robes, her serene face framed by a large shawl
covering her hair, her hands holding a basket containing fish.
12 1/2in (31.6cm) high
$800 - 1,200

989
A HARDSTONE COVERED VESSEL
Of flattened baluster form, enclosed within a reticulated mesh of
gnarled prunus branches blooming from a rockery base to support
perching song birds, the waxy stone of relatively uniform grayish
purple color.
7 1/4in (18.5cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000
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