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TWO CARVED JADEITE PLAQUES TWO CYLINDRICAL JADE HAIR FINIAL HOLDERS
Each thinly sectioned, carved in high relief and undercut as leafy Each hollowed, undercut and engraved with details to depict a
branches bearing fruit and flowers with incised details, the reverse dragon amid foliage on one tube and three birds perched on a peach
finished flat and polished with the same shiny luster as the front, branch on the other, the upper and lower edges finished with serrated
showing to advantage the various shades of emerald green scallops, mounted with white metal liners and suspension loops.
intermingled with translucent white areas of the stones. 3 1/4in (8.2cm) height of each jade tube
2 7/16 x 2 3/4in (3.7 x 7cm) each
US$1,200 - 1,800
US$3,000 - 4,000
Provenance
Christie's, New York, Important Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 11
October 1984, lot 451

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