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A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF AN 593
AUBERGINE 594
19th century
The fruit issuing from a leafy branch, the pale
stone with a slight russet inclusion.
8.5cm (3.3/8in) long.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

Provenance
From a private collection assembled in
Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 19th century,
and in Hong Kong and London thereafter up
until the 1970’s.

593
TWO PALE GREEN JADE CARVINGS OF
GOURDS
19th century
The first, carved from a very even pale stone
as a cluster of three gourds hanging from a
leafy branch; the second, carved from a semi-
translucent stone with russet inclusions as a
group of three gourds and a bat.
The first, 4.5cm (2 3/4in) high; the second
5.5cm (2 1/8in) high (2).

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY9,200 - 18,000
HK$11,000 - 22,000

Provenance
From a private collection assembled in
Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 19th century,
and in Hong Kong and London thereafter up
until the 1970’s.

594
TWO PALE GREEN JADE BIRD GROUPS
Late Qing
One carved in the form of two confronting
Mandarin ducks, grasping a lotus spray and
resting upon a large lotus leaf; the other
similarly modelled with two Mandarin ducks
and lotus, wood stand.
5.5cm (2.1/8in) and 5cm (2in) wide. (3).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,300 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000

Provenance
From a private collection assembled in
Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 19th century,
and in Hong Kong and London thereafter up
until the 1970’s.

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