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8086
A JADE POMANDER
Qing dynasty
Reticulated as two carp, the pair facing one another with overlapping
fins and tails, the stone deeply undercut and reticulated with a scale
design in the pale russet patches of the pale gray-green matrix.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
8086
8087
A JADE CARVING OF TWO QILIN
18th century
The two recumbent beasts with bifurcated horns depicted grasping
branches of lingzhi fungus in their jaws, the space between them
deeply undercut, the surfaces defined with repeated curves of raised
relief that contrast with the tiny incised lines across the brows and
manes, the pale gray-green stone polished to a soft luster with pale
russet staining visible in some of the natural surface fissures.
2 3/4in (7cm) long
US$8,000 - 12,000
8087
8088
A SMALL JADE FU-LION GROUP
Qing dynasty
Deeply undercut as a recumbent lioness and a cub biting on the
ribbons trailing from an embroidered ball with details delicately incised,
the tails of the animals also rendered with parallel lines and their curly
manes suggested with subtly carved spirals, the stone a very pale
greenish-white.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) long
US$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance 8088
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, sale 22-23 September 2014,
lot 0052
Estate of Alan D. Katz, Boulder, Colorado
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