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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



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