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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST
COLLECTION
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A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND BELL' A CARVED BEIGE AND RUSSET JADE
PENDANT TABLET, GUI
18TH CENTURY QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
2º in. (5.7 cm.) long 10¿ in. (26.3 cm.) long, carved zitan stand

$6,000-8,000 $20,000-30,000
A very similar white jade 'dragon and bell' 美४西岸私́珍藏
pendant dated 18th century was included in the
Spink exhibition catalogue Chinese Jade, London, 清̖隆ǎ褐玉圭
1998, no. 27.

清十Ջˠ紀ǎ白玉鏤雕遊龍戲珠珮

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE
`ENDLESS KNOT' PENDANT
18TH-19TH CENTURY
3¿ in. (8 cm.) long
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:
The Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010) Collection, São
Paulo.
According to Terese Tse Bartholomew in Hidden
Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco, 2006, p. 185, no. 7.19, the endless
knot, or panchang in Chinese, is one of the Eight
Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism, symbolizing
the endless wisdom and compassion of the
Buddha. In Chinese iconography, it has come to
stand for infinity and longevity. The endless knot
is so called because it has no beginning or end.
(another view)

清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀ǎ青白玉盤長珮
Ϝ源
(FSBSE "SOIPME
珍藏
聖Л羅

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