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PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
939
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A DUCK PROVENANCE
William S. Arnett Collection, Atlanta, Georgia,
18TH CENTURY
acquired prior to 1971.
The fgure with archaistic scrolls on its wings and tail and a long crest
feather curled at the tip is shown facing forward with a leafy stem of EXHIBITED
lingzhi trailing from its beak and with its legs tucked under the body. On loan: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia,
The pale greenish-white stone has some pale russet color on one side. September 1973 to September 1980.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide 清十八世紀 青白玉雕寶鴨啣芝把件
$6,000-8,000

940
A SMALL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘PEACH’ CARVING
18TH CENTURY
The carving depicts a large and a smaller peach borne on a leafy,
gnarled branch carved in openwork, with a bat with spread wings
carved on the top of the large peach and another bat swooping
along its narrow side. There are a few small areas of russet in the
softly polished white stone.
2º in. (5.8 cm.) wide
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE
William S. Arnett Collection, Atlanta, Georgia,
acquired prior to 1971.
EXHIBITED
On loan: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia,
September 1973 to September 1980.
清十八世紀 白玉雕福壽把件
940

40 FINE CHINESE JADE CARVINGS from Private Collections