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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE THUMB
RING
Qing Dynasty
With a slightly concave base and convex top
rim, the stone of a mottled grey-white hue
with a deep ochre coloured patch of skin to
one side.
2.5cm (1in) high

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£500 - 700
CNY4,600 - 6,400
HK$5,500 - 7,700

Provenance
Reputedly purchased from Spink & Son Ltd.
in the 1950s, and thence by descent.

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE CIRCULAR
SNUFF BOX
18th century
The lid finely enamelled with an interior scene
with two ladies reading as a young boy looks
on, the box similarly decorated, the base with
a diorama of two foreigners enamelled in iron-
red, the interior with an en-grisaille botanical
image, mounted and fitted with a gilt-bronze
hinge.
7.6cm (3in) wide

£4,000 - 5,000
CNY37,000 - 46,000
HK$44,000 - 55,000

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