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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

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AN UNUSUAL JADE MAH JONG SET IN A WOOD STORAGE A GREENISH-WHITE JADE VASE
CASE WITH APPLIED JADE PLAQUE DECORATION Of flattened baluster form and oval section with reticulated strap
Republic period handles to the neck, a taotie mask band in raised relief against a
The mixed wood storage box constructed with five drawers, four leiwen ground on the well-hollowed body rising from a deeply recessed
drawers each holding thirty-six jade tiles, the top drawer containing foot; the translucent matrix displaying cloudy white patches and a few
three further unmarked jade tiles, bone counters, two jade dice, a pin-point dark inclusions.
circular white jade lidded dealer's box marked zhuang, but only two 4in (10cm) high
of the Four Directions tiles preserved (dong and bei); the top, sides
and cover of the box inlaid with eighteen reticulated jade plaques in US$2,500 - 4,000
various shapes and one oval mother-of-pearl plaque.
7 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 6 1/4in (18.5 x 22 x 16cm) the wood case Provenance
Purchased in these rooms, sale 21772, 24 June 2014, lot 8084
US$7,000 - 9,000

Provenance
property from a Canadian estate

A similar set was sold in our London, Knightsbridge rooms, sale
17976, 17 January 2011, lot 164.

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