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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF HEINZ FRANKENSTEIN
8079Y
A JADE AND HARDWOOD RUYI SCEPTER
19th century
The scepter mounted with three matching jade plaques of pale
greenish-white hue, brightly polished and carved in delicate relief: the
largest at the top featuring an auspicious elephant with a yin/yang
medallion on its caparisoned back, the middle plaque inscribed with
the characters da ji within a double gourd frame and the lowest plaque
centered with a wan-character separating a pair of auspicious carp;
the pieced hardwood handle further inlaid strap work panels cut from
with green-tinted ivory.
20 1/2in (52cm) long
US$5,000 - 8,000
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
8080
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURAL PENDANT
Qing dynasty
Of rectangular form with rounded corners, carved in delicate high
relief with elongated kui dragons facing a suspension hole to framing
a young general in layered armor holding a halberd - possibly Zhao
Zilong (Zhao Yun), one of the 'Five Tiger Generals' celebrated in the
Romance of the Three Kingdoms; the reverse similarly framed around
a twenty-character poem in running script and bearing the seals
zigang associated with the late Ming jade carver Lu Zigang.
2 7/16in (6.2cm) long
US$4,000 - 6,000 8080
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