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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘BAT AND LINGZHI’ PEBBLE
Qing dynasty
Of irregular oval silhouette, carved in deep relief with two bats in flight
over lingzhi branches that continue on the reverse, the edges of the
off-white stone retaining golden-brown remnants of the boulder’s
original skin; yellow metal suspension loop.
2 3/8in (6cm) long
$5,000 - 8,000

清 白玉雕福至心靈紋把件

Provenance:
Dr. and Mrs. Sylvan Golder, Cincinnati, Ohio

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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘AUSPICIOUS’ PENDANT
Late Qing/Republic period
Of thin circular section, carved in low relief on one side with a raised
edge framing a Daoist youth carrying a branch of auspicious peaches,
the other sidecarved with a bat flying above the deer of longevity with
a lingzhi branch held in its mouth, the stone of even color with pinpoint
dark inclusions along a natural fissure line that coincides with the
contours of the bat and the peach branch; yellow metal suspension
mount.
The pendant 2 1/16in (5.3cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000

清末/民國 青白玉雕福祿壽紋牌

563 Provenance:
Larry and Mucci Taylor, California

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A PALE GREEN JADE HAIRPIN
17th century
The stem of cylindrical form that widens slightly toward the bulbous
finial deeply undercut with prunus branches in bloom around a center
upright strut, the translucent stone of pale green with cloudy white
inclusions.
8in (20.2cm) long

$2,000 - 3,000

十七世紀 青白玉雕梅紋髮簪

Provenance:
Mary Morrison, Vancouver, Canada

For another late Ming dynasty, 16th to early 17th century, hairpin
of similar form undercut with a finial of a bird amid lotus plants, see
James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art
Museum, Japan, 1989, No. 53, p. 80.

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