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A GROUP OF JADE AND HARDSTONE A GROUP OF EIGHT JADE AND A BLACK AND PALE GREEN JADE
CARVING OF A MOUNTAIN
RETICULATED PLAQUES HARDSTONE CARVINGS
Qing Dynasty and later Qing Dynasty and later Deeply carved with a solitary scholar playing
Variously carved as a floral basket; a bat and Comprising: a pair of chilong with phoenix; the qin on a small boat floating on a river,
double cash symbol; a butterfly, mounted as a a recumbent cat; a cat on a leaf; a deer with all under a luxuriant pine overhanging from
brooch; a mythical beast; a bat amongst three a boy on its back; a reticulated chilong and craggy rocks. 12cm (4 5/8in) wide
leafy peach sprays; and a shou symbol within phoenix group; and a bat and peach carving.
Daoist emblems, two hardwood stands. The The largest 9cm (3.1/2in) long. (8). £1,500 - 2,000
largest 9cm (3.1/2in) wide. (6). CNY13,000 - 18,000
£800 - 1,200 HK$15,000 - 19,000
£800 - 1,200 CNY7,100 - 11,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000 HK$7,700 - 12,000 443
HK$7,700 - 12,000 A SMALL PALE GREEN JADE BALUSTER
Provenance: acquired in Asia between the VASE AND COVER AND A PALE GREEN
Provenance: acquired in Asia between the 1940s and 1960s, and thence by descent. JADE ‘PHOENIX’ WATER POT
1940s and 1960s, and thence by descent. The vase carved in reticulation in the 18th
century style with paired handles and flanked
by a gnarled, blossoming prunus tree with
a parrot perched to one side; the phoenix
holding a lingzhi in its beak, carved with its
legs tucked under its body. The vase: 9.5cm
(3 3/4in) high (3).
£1,200 - 1,800
CNY11,000 - 16,000
HK$12,000 - 17,000
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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