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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A TIBETAN
RITUAL DAGGER, PHURBA
The implement carved with a vajra-form mid-
section, the terminal end with a three-headed
wrathful deity with a horse head finial,
probably Hayagriva, the lower section with a
garuda atop the tripartite blade.
12.5cm (5in) long
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$31,000 - 52,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
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A GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
RETICULATED CIRCULAR ‘BOYS’
PLAQUE
Ming Dynasty
Depicting three boys, one seated holding a
Mandarin duck, holding aloft a lotus spray,
flanked by two boys, one with a fan and
the other a large lotus leaf, a further bird
amongst rockwork to the foreground.
6.7cm (2.5/8in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
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