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A WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON-HORSE’ THUMB RING
18th century
Naturalistically carved in low relief with a dragon-horse finely detailed
with mane to its neck and scales on its thighs, carrying a bundle of
scrolls tied to its back, galloping through crashing and foaming waves,
the reverse carved with four seal-script characters reading lung ma fu
tu, the translucent stone of an even pale tone.
2.7cm (1 1/8in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

十八世紀 白玉隱起龍馬負圖扳指

Provenance: an English private collection

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TWO WHITE JADE ‘ARCHAISTIC PHOENIX’ THUMB RINGS
18th/19th century
Each carved in relief with four roundels formed with an archaistic
phoenix, its head turned backwards to its protruding feathers, the
stones of an even attractive tone.
Each 3.3cm (1 1/4in) diam. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
十八/十九世紀 白玉仿古水鳥紋扳指 一組兩件

Provenance: an English private collection

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TWO ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN JADE THUMB RINGS
18th/19th century
The first, carved in shallow relief around the side with four taotie masks
reserved on a dense ground of key-fret pattern, between two interlocking
bands to the rims, 3cm (1 1/8in) diam.; the second, carved with two pairs
of confronted archaistic dragons separated by shou roundels, all reserved
on a dense key-fret ground, 2.7cm (1 1/8in) diam. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

十八/十九世紀 青白玉仿古饕餮紋扳指及夔龍紋扳指 一組兩件

Provenance: an English private collection

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