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           TWO WHITE JADE RETICULATED THUMB RINGS
           18th/19th century
           The first carved with a garden scene, with a boy holding a fish-
           shaped chime at play, approaching another boy squatting and lighting
           fireworks, amidst a landscape of pine and rocks leading to a stream,
           the translucent stone of an even pale tone, 3.1cm (1 1/4in) diam.; the
           second, decorated with four quatrelobe medallions each enclosing a xi
           happiness character, all reserved on a reticulated lozenge ground, the
           stone of an even pale tone, 3cm (1 1/8in) diam. (2).

           £3,000 - 5,000
           CNY27,000 - 45,000

           十八/十九世紀
           白玉鏤雕辭舊迎新圖及四喜紋扳指 一組兩件
           Provenance: an English private collection

           來源:英國私人收藏
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           THREE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE THUMB RINGS
           Mid-Qing Dynasty
           The first, skilfully carved with a monkey crouching inside a cave under
           a rocky cliff, its head turned backwards to a crane in flight highlighted
           with russet skin, the stone of a pale tone, 3.1cm (1 1/4in) diam.;
           the second, carved in relief utilising the russet skin with a monkey
           lifting a peach, flanked by its young, the stone of an even pale green
           tone, 3.1cm (1 1/4in) across; the third, carved in relief with a spider
           highlighted with russet inclusions, beside a four-character inscription
           reading de zhu cheng rui, 2.8cm (1 1/8in) diam. (3).
           £3,000 - 5,000
           CNY27,000 - 45,000
           清中葉
           白玉帶皮賀壽圖、獼猴獻壽圖及德珠呈瑞圖扳指 一組三件

           Provenance: an English private collection
           來源:英國私人收藏
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           THREE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE THUMB RINGS
           17th/18th century
           The first, carved in relief with a continuous band of archaistic ‘C-scrolls’
           imitating an Eastern Zhou dynasty bronze pattern, 2.9cm (1 1/8in) diam.;
           the second, carved in low relief with a rocky landscape, depicting three
           rams variously resting, strolling and gazing at a swooping bat, scattered
           with lingzhi fungus, 3.2cm (1 1/4in) across; the third, carved in low relief
           with a dignitary riding a camel, holding an attribute in one hand, the
           other controlling the reins, 3cm (1 1/8in) diam. (3).
           £2,500 - 3,500
           CNY23,000 - 32,000
           十七/十八世紀
           褐白玉仿古勾雲紋、三羊開泰圖及胡人騎駱駝圖扳指 一組三件

           Provenance: an English private collection
           來源:英國私人收藏

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