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A JADEITE BOX AND COVER
19TH / 20TH CENTURY

of rounded rectangular form raised on a low foot, the lustrously
polished stone of a pale green color with icy-white inclusions,
wood stand (3)
Length 2½ in., 6.4 cm

$ 1,500-2,000

⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ侈䌱味䙺

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PROPERTY FROM A MIDWEST COLLECTION

A GREEN STONE CARVING OF A HORSE
20TH CENTURY

carved in the round in dynamic pose with lowered back
haunches and one foreleg raised, in ornamental trappings
and saddled, raised on an integral rectangular plinth base, the
stone of a mottled celadon with patches of opaque gray and
light brown, wood stand (2)
Width 8½ in., 21.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, 1979

$ 2,000-3,000

Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䞛晽楔㒢ẞ

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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD AMERICAN COLLECTION

A PAIR OF SPINACH-GREEN JADE PARADISE
FLY-CATCHERS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY

each bird carved as if on a wood perch, the head to the side
and beak open, with incised details to the feathers and talons,
the stone of an even, translucent spinach-green color with
black ecks, tted stands and tted box and covers (10)
Height 9⅛ in., 23.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of the Hon. Lewis Clark, Minister-Counselor and
Charge D’A aires of the United States embassy in China,
stationed in Canton in the 1940s, and thence by descent.

$ 500-700

Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨⇅ġġġ䡏䌱晽䵔ⷞ沍㒢ẞᶨ⮵

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