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A CELADON JADE CARVING OF 1520
TWO FINGER CITRONS
LATE QING DYNASTY
the knobby fruit ripening from gnarled branches
also issuing lingzhi and foliage, the stone of a pale
celadon with russet veins, tted wood stand (2)
Height 4 in., 10.2 cm
$ 5,000-7,000
㶭㛓ġġġ曺䌱晽ἃㇳ㈲ẞ
1520
PROPERTY FROM THE WHITE GULL STUDIO
COLLECTION, MICHIGAN
A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A
HORSE
carved in the round, the animal gracefully bowing
down, its head lowered to drink from the rippling
water forming the base, the stone of an even
white color
Length 4¼ in., 10.8 cm
PROVENANCE
C.K. Chen, Hong Kong, 1970-80.
$ 5,000-7,000
䘥䌱晽槬槽梚㹒㒢ẞ
1521
TWO JADE CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY
the rst carved in the round as two embracing
badgers, the white stone with gray inclusions,
and the second a pale celadon jade carving of a
monkey on the back of a recumbent horse (2)
Width of wider 2¼ in., 5.7 cm
$ 5,000-7,000
㶭ġġġ
䘥䌱晽暁㬉㈲ẞ⍲曺䘥䌱晽楔ᶲ⮩ὗ㈲ẞ
1521
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