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8091 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A PROMINENT
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8089
A WHITE JADE CARVING OF BOY, BAT AND PEACHES
18th/19th century
The ovoid pebble carved in rounded relief and deeply undercut as a
chubby child climbing on a branch of peaches that he holds in his right
hand while grasping the wing of a hovering bat in his left, the off-white
matrix showing cloudy white inclusions throughout.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) long
2in (5.1cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000
8090
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF THE HEHE
TWINS
18th century
The two spirits of harmony and union depicted as jolly smiling children,
one holding a plaited box and the other a flowering lotus branch, the
long hair of one figure engraved in fine parallel lines and the lotus leaf
utilizing a russet patch in the matrix also marked with pale yellow-
stained natural fissures that continue onto the well-detailed base.
2 7/8in (6.8cm) long
US$4,000 - 6,000
