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A PALE CELADON JADE BOY A CELADON AND BROWN JADE A CELADON JADE RETICULATED
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH MYTHICAL BEAST ‘BOY AND LOTUS’ PENDANT
CENTURY MING DYNASTY SONG DYNASTY
the stone nely worked to depict the boy astride a carved recumbent with its legs tucked beneath its carved and pierced with a boy seated on a lotus
hobby horse holding the reins with one hand, the body and tail curled alongside its rear haunches, leaf issuing further pods and foliage, grasping a
other holding aloft two lingzhi stems; together detailed with rounded eyes beneath bushy stem with one hand and the other resting on top
with a gray jade carving of a boy holding a lotus eyebrows, the stone of a grayish-green su used of the leaf
stem (2) with brown-black inclusions Height 2 in., 5.1 cm
Height 1⅞ in., 4.8 cm Length 2 in., 5 cm
$ 3,000-4,000
$ 1,500-2,000 $ 2,000-3,000
⬳ġġġ曺䌱掌晽忋䓇屜⫸䲳䎖
㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䌱晽䪍⫸㈲ẞℑẞ 㖶ġġġ墸㔹曺䌱晽䐆䌠㈲ẞ
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