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TWO WHITE JADE CARVINGS A PAIR OF SOAPSTONE SEALS A WHITE JADE CARVING OF
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH 19TH / 20TH CENTURY BAMBOO SHOOTS
CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
possibly huakeng stone, each carved to the seal
the rst of two sinuous chilong carved in face with a poetic couplet of the Tang dynasty the two tapered shoots entwined with trefoil
openwork and in relief around a compressed poet Wang Bo, one reading luoxia guwu qifei (the leaves, the grooved skins relief carved and incised
sphere, with ames carved in low relief near lone goose ies together with the glowing sunset), with ne lines, the stone of an even white color
the tails, the other of two persimmons on a and the other reading qiushui changtian yise (the with scattered opaque inclusions
leafy branch also issuing lingzhi, with a small autumn water merges together with the sky), the Height 1¾ in., 4.4 cm
pomegranate carved to the side, each of an even, stone of variegated cinnabar red and pale gray
white color (2) color, textile stands (4) $ 3,000-5,000
Width of wider 1⅞ in., 4.8 cm Height 4⅜ in., 11.1 cm
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䘥䌱晽䪡䫵㈲ẞ
$ 4,000-6,000 $ 1,500-2,000
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㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䘥䌱晽暁漵㇚䎈㈲ẞ⍲ ⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ⢥Ⱉ䞛攺䪈ᶨ⮵
䘥䌱晽ḳḳ⤪シ㈲ẞ A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A
⌘㔯烉 MELON
句曆⬌浑滲梃 QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
䥳㯜攟⣑ᶨ刚 CENTURY

1513 the lobed melon carved in the round issuing from
an openwork network of gnarled branches and
A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE furled leaves, with an insect relief carved to the
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY base, the stone with a small patch of russet skin
Length 2⅛ in., 5.4 cm
of compressed round form with cylindrical neck
and recessed oval foot, the stone of an even white $ 4,000-6,000
color, stopper (2)
Height 2⅛ in., 5.4 cm 㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䘥䌱晽䒄垚㈲ẞ

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䘥䌱滣䄁⢢

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