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A PALE GREEN JADE RETICULATED
596 PLAQUE AND A GREEN JADE PENDANT
19th century
597 The unusual oblong plaque carved in
240 | BONHAMS openwork with bats, coins and foliate motifs,
the terminals pointing backwards; the
pendant carved as a covered sampan with
two passengers, a crane, and a tillerman,
strung with a coral bead.
The plaque: 10.6cm (4 1/8in) wide (4).

£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.

596
A GREEN JADE ‘CHILONG’ RING AND A
SMALL ‘SANYANG’ GROUP
19th-20th century
The ring carved to each side with two sinuous
chilong, nose to tail, flanking a central pommel
scroll band; and a miniature pale green jade
sanyang group.
3.2cm (1.1/4in) diam and 2.5cm (1in) wide.
(2).

£1,200 - 1,800
CNY11,000 - 17,000
HK$13,000 - 20,000

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.

597
A WHITE JADE SEMI-CYLINDRICAL
PENDANT
Kangxi yu zhi four-character mark, 20th
century
Carved from a white, even stone, the domed
side decorated in shallow relief with a cat
and dragonfly beneath the four-character
inscription, the flattened reverse with five bats
surrounding a peach, box.
4.2cm (1 5/8in) long (2).

£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.