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A white jade pendant and an
468 archaistic plaque
The rectangular plaque carved in low-relief
469 with a scholar painting a cliff face, the reverse
196 | Bonhams with a five-line running script passage, the
stone of a very even white hue; the plaque
formed as an archaic axe, with taotie mask
and diaper decoration, flanked with two
stylised phoenix, box.
The pendant: 6.2cm (6 3/8in) high (3).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000

468
Two white jade pendant plaques
Comprising a rectangular plaque carved in
shallow relief with the tiger taming luohan,
the reverse with a mountainous landscape,
the second decorated with one of the
Hehe Twins, the reverse with a box and
an oversized lotus beside a four-character
inscription. Both 5.5cm (2 1/8in) high (2).

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

469
Two white jade plaques
The first, of rectangular shape, decorated to
the obverse with a leaping carp beneath a
two-character seal script square roundel, the
reverse with a poem; the second, of double
gourd form, incised with the characters ‘da ji
da li’, both carved from a very pale stone of
even tone. The largest 7cm (2 3/4in) high (2).

£1,200 - 1,500
CNY12,000 - 15,000
HK$14,000 - 18,000