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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 8027
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A GROUP OF FIVE CARVED JADE PLAQUES
Qing dynasty
All possibly carved for attachment to ruyi scepters: the largest carved
with a bat and peaches across the convex surface with compressed
globular shape meant for a scepter head; four remaining plaques of
similar vertical orientation, oval contour and convex surfaces possibly
meant for the center of a scepter handle: one featuring four scholars in
a landscape, the second of an aged scholar and his young attendant
in a landscape; the third carved with three carp swimming amid
waves; the last and smallest carved in high relief with a carp issuing an
auspicious vase below a peony branch amid clouds, now mounted on
a silver stand,
4 7/8in (12.5cm) width of first plaque
5 to 3 1/2in (2.5 to 9cm) height of remaining plaques

$3,000 - 5,000

清 青白玉牌五件

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A JADE AND SILVER-WIRE INLAID HARDWOOD RUYI SCEPTER
19th/early 20th century
The three ovoid convex jade plaques carved in relief to depict boy
immortals in rocky and cloudy celestial gardens from stone of grayish
white hue, attached to the central stave figured in grain of dense and
dark whorl curved in standard shape and inlaid in an intricate ground
of shou characters.
21 1/4in (54cm) long

$6,000 - 8,000

十九或二十世紀早期 硬木嵌銀鑲玉牌如意柄

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TWO JADE CARVINGS MOUNTED ON A HAND MIRROR
The jades, 18th/19th century
The silver frame bordered with ruyi-heads, enclosing a convex white
jade plaque well carved in relief with a bearded sage and his attendant
in a craggy mountainous setting with lush pine and wutong trees, the
handle mounted with a jade belt hook with a finely undercut chilong
crawling towards a dragon-head, the raised button on the underside of
the curving shaft fitted with the silver mount incised with a floral design.
10in (25.4cm) overall length

$2,500 - 4,000

銀框玉牌鑲手鏡 玉牌為十八或十九世紀

Provenance
A Portland estate, by repute
Collection of Brooks and Dorothy Cofield

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