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A pale green jade and hard stone- A jade-inset enamel box and
168 inset mirror cover
A large gilt-copper green jade- The mounts 19th century, the jade 18th/19th 19th century
inset ruyi sceptre century The blue-enamelled box and cover decorated
19th century The repoussé mirror back decorated with in repoussé with the Eight Happy Omens,
The curving hollow shaft decorated in the Eight Buddhist Emblems and inset with framed by twisted-rope borders, the cover
repousse and punchwork with auspicious eight hard stone cabochons and an oval jade inset with a pale green jade oval plaque, finely
scenes of cranes, bats and joyful attendants plaque carved with two fish, with a typical carved with a scene of a boy, possibly one of
interspersed with Buddhist symbols and ‘chilong’ belt-hook forming the mirror handle; the Hehe Erxian, crossing a river on a log raft,
Daoist attributes, the terminal with a together with a pale green jade-inset oval beneath a pine tree.
shou symbol, the sides embellished with cosmetics box, the plaque carved in low relief 15cm (5 7/8in) long (2).
keyfret, the large ruyi head with lotus motifs with two quails amongst millet sprays, 19th
surrounding the central inset jade plaque, century. 17.5cm (6 7/8in) long (2). £1,000 - 1,500
carved in low relief with a shou character CNY9,700 - 15,000
between arrangements of auspicious £1,000 - 1,500 HK$12,000 - 18,000
symbols. CNY9,700 - 15,000
44cm (17 1/4in) long HK$12,000 - 18,000

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

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