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PROPERTY FROM THE LIZZADRO COLLECTION
967
A SMALL WHITE AND RUSSET
JADE FIGURE OF A BIRD
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The bird with backswept crest is shown
facing forward with its legs tucked under the
body and holding a leafy sprig of lingzhi in
its beak. The white stone has areas of pale
russet color.
2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) wide
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE
Lizzadro Collection, Elmhurst, Illinois,
acquired prior to 1960.
清十八/十九世紀 白玉瑞禽啣芝把件

967

968
A WHITE JADE CARVING
OF A BIRD AND LOTUS PODS
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The carving depicts a bird seated on two
lotus pods, their stems tied with a ribbon
together with the stems of a lotus fower and
leaf, and a grass, that continue underneath
and around the sides where a crayfsh is
carved on the leaf.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) wide
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
Lizzadro Collection, Elmhurst, Illinois,
acquired prior to 1960.
清十八/十九世紀 白玉並蒂同心把件

968

84 FINE CHINESE JADE CARVINGS from Private Collections