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A VERY PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF
A LINGZHI GROUP
Carved with a large fungus head, surrounded
with eight smaller heads issuing from a forked
stem, the stone of an even celadon hue.
10.5cm (4 1/8in) wide

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

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A VERY PALE GREEN JADE ABSTINENCE
PLAQUE
Of tapering form, carved with double gourd
shaped panels inscribed on one side with
the characters zhai jie (abstinence), repeated
in Manchu on the reverse, within a scrolling
foliate border flanking a bat and shou emblem
to each end.
7.6cm (3in) long.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY28,000 - 46,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000

612
A PALE GREEN JADE PLAQUE
Carved to either side as a bi disc and a stele
surging from tumultuous waves, flanked by
two sinuous dragons, the pale green stone
with some russet and white inclusions.
10cm (4in) high

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

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