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A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A
CAT
18th/19th century
The feline modelled recumbent and holding a
peony spray in its jaws, wood stand.
5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide (2).

£1,000 - 1,500 8
HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000

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A PALE JADE ‘CAT AND KITTEN’ GROUP
18th century
The recumbent feline lying face to face with
its young, the pale stone with some light
creamy mottling and russet veining.
6.3cm (2.1/2in) long.
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$31,000 - 52,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘HORSE AND
MONKEY’ BELT PLAQUE 9
19th century
Depicting a monkey clambering on the
back of a recumbent horse, the reverse
with carved dragon head hook and circular
button, carved rosewood stand. The plaque
9cm (3.1/2in) long. (2).

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000

The Property of a Lady

Provenance: A distinguished Italian private
collection formed circa 1930s-1940s, and
thence by descent

The important Italian collector lived and
worked in Shanghai between 1932 and
1936, as representative of his Italian
company and in 1937, following the Sino-
Japanese war, was transferred to Dalian in
Southern Manchuria. After a brief period
spent in Italy in 1938, he returned to
Shanghai where he lived between 1939 and
1940. He then moved to Beijing where he
lived between 1941 and 1946 and formed
the vast majority of his collection of Chinese
Art.

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