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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF TWO LUOHANS
Qing Dynasty
The figures smoothly carved standing together side by side in loosely
flowing robes, one holding a rosary behind his back, both with jovial
expressions, the stone of pale white tone with yellowish-russet
patches, wood stand. 10.5cm (4 1/8in) high. (2).
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY70,000 - 110,000
清 白玉帶皮雙羅漢像

See a related pale green jade carving of two luohans, Qing dynasty, in
the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections
in the Palace Museum: Jade 8, Beijing, 2011, p.280, no.249.
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A SMALL PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF BUDDHA
17th/18th century
The small pebble crisply carved as the Buddha seated in dhyanasana,
both hands resting on his lap, clad in loose flowing robes with finely
174 carved pleats, the face with serene expression between pendulous
ears, the stone of even pale green tone. 5cm (2in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
十七/十八世紀 青白玉雕釋迦牟尼坐像

Provenance: Galerie Gerard Levy, Paris

來源：巴黎古董商Galerie Gerard Levy

Carved jade figures of Buddha were made for the Qing Imperial court
to be placed within precious pagodas or to be placed individually
in shrines. Compare two related but larger spinach-green and pale
green jade figures of seated Buddha, from the Qing Court Collection,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Jadeware (II), Beijing, 2008, nos.170-171. The small size of
the present Buddha would therefore suggest that it would have been
worshipped within a larger pagoda, related to those illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Treasures
of Imperial Court, Beijing, 2004, nos.171-177. Compare also another
larger white jade Buddha, Qing Dynasty, illustrated in Jade Blossom:
Imperial Xiuneisi Jade Object and Ancient Jade Gems Collected by the
Xu’s of Cixi, Zhejiang, 2010, pp.282-283. See a related jade carving
175 of the Maitreya Buddha, of similar height (5.5cm), in the Qing Court
Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1996, p.128, no.107.

Compare with a similar pale green jade carving of Buddha, 18th century,
which was sold at Bonhams London, 7 September 2011, lot 240.
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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A HORSE
Ming Dynasty
Finely carved in the form of a horse with its head lowered to drink
from a swirling stream, the rounded body with well-defined ribs and
delicately carved mane and long tail, the russet area cleverly used to
denote the animal whilst the pale green stone used for the crested
water, drilled through for suspension as a toggle. 5.2cm (2in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

明 青白玉雕飲馬把件

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

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