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A SILVER-MOUNTED HORN CANE
A MONGOLIAN JADE AND HARDSTONE- A PARCEL-GILT ‘SAWASA’ BOX AND Wang Hing stamped mark, Late 19th/early
INSET WHITE-METAL EWER AND COVER COVER 20th century
19th century 18th century The L-shaped handle decorated in repoussé
The globular body fitted with two pale green The hexagonal box finely worked on to top with three writhing dragons, the long shaft
jade plaques each carved in low relief with and bottom with panels enclosing foliate smoothly carved, the terminal capped.
auspicious landscapes, the waisted neck with designs and animals, with further cartouches 98cm (38 1/2in) long
turquoise, lapis lazuli and coral, flanked with a with blossoming branches, the lid and box
loop handle and a ‘makara’ spout, the domed separated by a ribbed border, the sides with £1,000 - 1,500
lid with a jade goose finial, all raised on a incised motifs. CNY9,200 - 14,000
splayed foot with lappets and further hard 10.2cm (4in) wide HK$11,000 - 16,000
stone beads.
44cm (17 1/4in) high (2). £1,000 - 1,500 For a further example of a silver mounted horn
CNY9,200 - 14,000 cane, see Bonhams, London, Fine Chinese
£1,500 - 2,000 HK$11,000 - 16,000 Art, 10 November 2011, Lot 429.
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

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