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A WHITE JADE ‘BUFFALO’ WATER DROPPER PROPERTY OF A LADY
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
A PINK TOURMALINE PENDANT
the recumbent gure well-hollowed forming the vessel, with QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
a circular opening on its back, the mouth pierced forming the
spout, the stone an even color with light russet streaks, wood carved in layers of relief with a bat suspended from a double-
stand (2) gourd pendant amidst large furled leaves and prunus blossoms
Length 3⅛ in., 7.9 cm issuing from gnarled branches, the rich pink translucent stone
PROVENANCE pierced with a silk cord fastened with knotted seed pearls
Collection of Katherine Berwind to Margaret Berwind Cox clustered around emerald-green jadeite
(1897-1995), Washington D.C. Height of tourmaline 2 in., 5 cm
$ 12,000-15,000
PROVENANCE
Katherine Berwind Margaret Berwind Cox 1897 Yamanaka & Co., London.
1995 Collection of Lady Moya Melisende Browne Campbell (1892-
c.1970), daughter of the sixth Marquess of Sligo.
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$ 4,000-6,000
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Moya Melisende Browne Campbell 1892
A PIERCE-CARVED ‘SUZHOU’ AGATE 1970
PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

the dark portions of the stone modeled and carved away as
a dragon y, a bird, a spider, a blossom, and the auspicious
phrase daji, all furled with a lingzhi sprig carved from the
translucent areas
Width 2 in., 5 cm
$ 4,000-6,000

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