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A pale green jade ‘lychees’ cup
452 Ming Dynasty
The semi-translucent pale green stone
453 with some streaked white and soft brown
188 | Bonhams inclusions, carved as an oval vessel flanked by
leafy, fruiting, gnarled lychee tendrils forming
the handles and base.
15.5cm (6 1/8in) wide

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY9,700 - 19,000
HK$12,000 - 24,000

Provenance
A French private collection.

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A pale green and russet jade
finger citron washer
Late Qing Dynasty
The large fruit, forming the washer,
suspended from a leafy branch issuing a
smaller finger citron, carved in relief to one
side with a bat, the softly polished stone with
russet patches and veining.
9.2cm (3.5/8in) long.

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY15,000 - 19,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000

453
A group of jade items
Qing Dynasty and later
Comprising: A ‘chicken bone’ jade square
rice-measure form cup, raised on four feet; a
pale green jade foliate plaque carved in low
relief with a boy riding a qilin; a pale green
jade reticulated plaque with bats and a loose
roundel centre. The foliate plaque: 7.2cm (2
3/4in) diam. (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000