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A JADEITE CARVING OF A CUCUMBER AND A JADEITE
CARVING OF A GOLDFISH
20th century
The first long fruit carved with a knobbly skin and issuing from a leafy
tendril, wood stand; the fish modelled with a squat body and wide tail
fin, with bulging eyes embellished with black beads, wood stand.
The largest: 15cm (5 7/8in) wide (4).

£800 - 1,200 772
HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
772
A JADEITE FIGURE OF A LADY
19th/20th century
The figure carved wearing billowing robes, the left hand raising a
basket with a containing a fish, the right hand holding a further fish
on a hook, the hair fixed with a pin in an elegant coiffure, fixed wood
stand.
26.5cm (10 3/8in) high
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

Provenance: Christie’s London, 18 July 2002, lot 153 [part lot] (label)
773
AN UNUSUAL JADEITE SEAL
The square seal finely carved in the round with a diorama, with a
scholar resting under a tree at the top of a rocky outcrop, with a
flowing river and stone bridge below, the seal face uncarved.
6.5cm (2 1/2in) high

£1,000 - 1,500 773
HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ASIAN ART - PART II | 263