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PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO COUPLE
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TWO JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS
19th century and earlier
The first depicting a recumbent lioness, her head turned to her
left above one cub facing forward while another nestles against its
mother’s right shoulder, the pale greenish-white stone marked with
russet and black veins and tiny patches of reddish orange hue; the
second depicting a pair of carp within a cluster of lotus leaves with
a bud issuing from undercut stems, the medium gray-green stone
showing large contrasting patches of deep russet, two wood stands.
3 1/4 and 3 1/2in (8.2 and 9cm) long (4).
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$3,000 - 5,000

十九世紀及更早 玉雕瑞獸兩件

PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO COUPLE
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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON’ PEBBLE
Of flattened oval contour, carved in high relief with two dragons
contending amid swirling waves rising on both sides and additional
swirls line-incised into the background, the stone showing variegated
pale and deep russet patches, especially on the reverse.
3 1/2 x 4 1/2in (9 x 11.5cm)
$5,000 - 7,000

青白玉雕龍紋把件

Provenance:
A San Francisco Couple
Robyn Turner Gallery, San Francisco, according to label
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PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO COUPLE
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TWO JADEITE BELT HOOKS
Of standard curving elongated ovoid shape terminating in dragon head
hooks peering at the raised-relief undercut chilong enmeshed within
lingzhi vine scroll surmounting the bodies; both carved from stone
whorled in brilliant hues of apple and pine green.
3 3/4 and 3 1/4in (9.5 and 8.3cm) long (2).

$4,000 - 6,000

翠玉雕螭龍紋帶鈎兩件

Provenance:
A San Francisco Couple

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