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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
8063
A GREEN AND LAVENDER JADEITE VASE
AND COVER
Republic period
The pale stone with bright apple green and
soft lavender inclusions, deeply hollowed as
a baluster vase on a spreading foot, the body
carved in shallow relief with two fierce chilong
each with long sinuous tails and issuing
scrolling foliate tendrils, both in pursuit of a
single flaming pearl, the straight neck flanked
by two mythical beast heads suspending
loose ring handles, the cover with a horned
and roaring lion forming the finial.
8 3/8in (21.3cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000
民國 玉雕螭龍 珠紋
PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA COUPLE
8064 8064
A GRAY AND RUSSET JADEITE 8065
FLATTENED BALUSTER VASE
AND COVER
20th century
The polished stone formed as a slender vase,
the front with high relief carving of a dragon
writhing above a phoenix perched beside
prunus blossom and the cover decorated
with a flaming pearl all carved from bright
russet-colored stone, the reverse carved with
a beauty reclining under a pine tree with a
fan, the two handles each formed as horned
animal heads suspending loose rings.
5 3/8in (13.6cm) high
$5,000 - 8,000
二十世紀 玉雕龍紋
8065
A GREEN AND RUSSET JADEITE ‘QILIN’
BELT BUCKLE
20th century
The large flat stone of pale green with russet
highlights at the extremities, formed with a
grinning qilin with flowing mane and bushy tail
prancing above a tasseled ruyi scepter and
book, the reverse with a spiral-incised button
and a hook incised as a mythical beast head,
wood stand.
4 3/8in (11cm) long
$2,500 - 4,000
二十世紀 青白玉雕 板
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