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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEANNETTE
CURUBY

A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BELTHOOK-
FORM PAPERWEIGHT
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

cast with a well-articulated dragon head terminal facing
a parcel-gilt sinuous chilong clambering on the shaft,
the underside with a at circular knob with delicate
scrollwork, incised with a four-character inscription
Qianlong zhen zhi
Length 6⅛ in., 15.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Boston, 1940-1960s and thence by descent.

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ戭⯨悐挷慹ⷞ戌⼊䳁捖
˪Ḧ昮捖ⶳ˫㫦

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A FAN-FORM JADE AND HARDSTONE
‘SQUIRREL AND GRAPES’ TABLE
SCREEN
LATE QING DYNASTY

the scalloped, pale celadon jade screen with an applied
carved hardstone scene of squirrels scampering among
grape vines issued from rockwork beside a lotus pond
with jadeite sh, set in a carved wood stand with an
openwork Three Friends of Winter standard raised on a
stepped and galleried base (2)
Height overall 21¼ in., 54 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭㛓ġġġ䌱⳴⮞㜦滈吉厬䲳㇯⼊㍺⯷

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ARROW VASE
19TH / 20TH CENTURY

of attened hu form, the neck anked with a pair of
tubular handles, carved around the belly with two taotie
masks in relief over a leiwen ground all between two
raised bands, the base with a gilt incised apocryphal six-
character Jiaqing mark, mounted as a lamp
Height 12½ in., 31.8 cm

$ 3,000-5,000

⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䌱晽棽棖䲳屓俛䒞㓡墅冢䅰

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