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A WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ PLAQUE
19th century
Finely carved and pierced as four entwined sinuous chilong, twisting
back to bite their own bodies to form a cruciform shape, the stone of
a grayish-white color, strung on a necklace of fifty-four agate beads;
together with a necklace of sixty-seven aventurine beads.
The plaque 2 1/4in (5.5cm) long (2).
$6,000 - 8,000
十九世紀 白玉交鎖螭龍紋佩
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FOUR JADE MOUNTED ORNAMENTS
Each mounted as brooch; the first two gilt-metal belt buckles, the first
mounted with a central jade plaque carved as a bat, flanked by jadeite
plaques carved as cloud scrolls, the second mounted with a jadeite
plaque, flanked by rose quartz, all within a hardstone frame; the third
a reticulated jade plaque, carved as two fish and a lotus blossom, the
gray-green stone with orange inclusions; the fourth a green jade lock
form pendant.
The larger belt buckle 4in (10.2cm) long (4).
$3,000 - 5,000
玉雕飾四件
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