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419
A WHITE JADE CARVING OF AN
ELEPHANT AND BOY
18th/19th century
The auspicious beast carved standing four-
square with its large head turned back to
watch the attendant boy clambering on its
hind quarters, caparisoned with a lotus-
decorated saddle, the stone with a very pale
celadon tinge. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) wide
419 £1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000

420
A PALE GREEN JADE ‘BUDDHIST LION
AND CUB’ BELT PLAQUE
18th century
The flattened carving with a ferocious looking
lion playing with a brocade ball and grasping
ribbon in its jaws, with a smaller cub
frolicking across its hind quarters, the reverse
with two bosses, the stone of a very even
pale celadon hue.
8.5cm (3 3/8in) wide

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$41,000 - 61,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000
420

421
A PALE GREEN JADE ‘MYTHICAL
BEAST’ FINIAL
18th/19th century
Carved in openwork with two single-horned
mythical beasts each with bifurcated tail,
seated on their hind quarters on a slightly
concave base drilled with two pair of holes
for fastening, the stone of an even pale green
tone.
3.8cm (1 1/2in) high
421 £2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

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