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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE                  PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE                  PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTION                                        COLLECTION                                        COLLECTION

A LARGE ROSE QUARTZ VASE AND                      A LARGE JADEITE FIGURE OF                         A LARGE ROCK CRYSTAL VASE
COVER                                             GUANYIN                                           AND COVER
QING DYNASTY                                      QING DYNASTY                                      LATE QING DYNASTY

of baluster form enveloped in auspicious images   the serene gure standing in long owing robes      of baluster form, the body carved entirely in high
carved in high relief, with a phoenix grasping a  holding a lotus branch in one hand and a pearl    relief with two phoenix moving between clusters
peony stem over rocks and lingzhi, a budding      in the other, a phoenix to one side grasping      of peonies and bamboo, the neck with three
peony branch supporting a bird, a qilin with a    two further lotus branches in its beak, lingzhi   stylized animal mask handles suspending loose
bundle of books oating above, the cover with a    sprouting from rocks below, the partially-        rings, the cover with three further ringed handles
further phoenix and peony, wood stand (3)         translucent stone of variegated green color with  surmounted by a recumbent phoenix grasping a
Height 15¼ in., 38.7 cm                           honey-tone veins                                  peony stem in its beak, wood stand (3)
                                                  Height 17⅜ in., 44.1 cm                           Height 14½ in., 36.8 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
                                                  $ 10,000-15,000                                   $ 6,000-8,000
㶭ġġġ䰱㘞晽渺湇沛↘⚾味䒞
                                                  㶭ġġġ侈䌱晽奨枛䩳⁷                                       㶭㛓ġġġ㯜㘞晽沛䪡䈉ᷡ⚾䌠俛㳣䑘味䒞

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