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8025 PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER

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22 | BONHAMS A JADE RETICULATED PLAQUE
Ming dynasty
Pierced and decorated with a heron at rest, against
a subsidiary ground of flowers and reeds, the scene
enclosed within a border
of circles with concave faces.
2 x 2 3/4in (5.3 x 7cm)

$2,000 - 3,000

明 青白玉鏤雕鹭紋牌

For a similar jade plaque, see the Chih-jou Chai Collection,
exhibited and illustrated by James C. Y Watt, Chinese
Jades from Han to Ch’ing, 1980, cat. no. 180, p. 191,
dated as second half 16th century. Two very similar
examples were sold in Bonhams, Hong Kong, sale 15502,
26 May 2007, lot 255. Two closely related jade plaques
from the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung are illustrated by
Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the
Qing, London, 1995, p. 342, nos. 25:23 and 25:24.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION

8026
THREE FINE WHITE JADE PENDANTS
Late Qing to Republic period
The first carved in elaborate openwork, depicting a
long-tailed bird, possibly a magpie perched on a prunus
branch extending flowering stems; the second a ruyi-head
form amulet carefully pierced with auspicious designs of
leafy fruits surrounding ancient coins beneath a bat; the
third skillfully carved as a basket containing leafy flowers;
all executed from evenly hued white stone with very
limited inclusions.
3 1/4in (8.3cm) width of largest pendant

$2,500 - 4,000

晚清到民國 白玉珮三只