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JADE AND HARDSTONE
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79 A fine and rare jade finial Warring States period Height: 3 1/2 in, 9 cm in the form of a pierced rectangular tube decorated with an elaborate phoenix |
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80 A good jade cong Shang or Western Zhou dynasty Height: 2 1/2 in, 6.3 cm of square section with a circular, central hole and short collars to the ends. |
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81 A fine, rare and large jade scabbard chape (bi ) Western Han dynasty Length: 3 1/8 in, 8 cm of trapezoidal form and elliptical section with slightly curving, flat edges. |
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82 A fine jade sword guard Western Han dynasty Length: 2 118 in, 5.4 cm still attached to the remains of an iron blade with a wood hilt, and now broken due to the expansion of the metal. Click image for more info |
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83 A fine and unusual, small jade Buddhist lion 17th century Length: 21/2 in, 6.5 cm crouching, with its head turned over in an alert posture. |
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84 A very fine jade figure of a dragon Ming dynasty, 17th century Length: 3 1/2 in, 8.9 cm in a crouching position with its head raised and turned back as if it has just been startled. |
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85 A good jade bird-form finial Ming dynasty Length: 4 in, 10.2 cm raised on a short, hollow socket. |
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86 A fine jade figure of a bird Ming dynasty Length: 2 3/4 in, 7 cm in a recumbent posture, with its head turned over its back. |
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87 A fine and rare jade ewer 17th century Height: 4 3/4 in, 12 cm rising from a slightly spreading, ridged foot, the sides gently round to a waisted neck and flare outwards |
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88 An unusual jade cup Ming dynasty Height: 2 1/2 in, 6.3 cm rising from a recessed base with a narrow rim, the sides flare gently upwards. |
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89 A fine jade openwork plaque Ming dynasty Length: 3 7/8 in, 10 cm of three cranes amid lotus flowers, pods and leaves in an oval frame. |
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90 A good small jade monkey 17th/18th centuries Height: 1 7/8 in, 4.8 cm seated against rockwork with his right foot crossed over his left, he holds a peach in both hands. |
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91 An unusual jade rhyton 18th century Height: 3 1/2 in, 8.9 cm the oval-section vessel rises from a dragon’s head, the two horns of which form the foot. |
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92 A good jade handling piece 18th century Length: 2 1/4 in, 5.7 cm in the form of two mythical beasts. |
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93 A small jade brush pot (bitong) 18th century Height: 3 in, 7.5 cm the cylindrical vessel is worked in deep relief with the Three Friends of Winter (pine, prunus and bamboo) |
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94 A small jade vase and cover 18th century Height: 3 in, 7.6 cm the oval-section vase rises from the back of a finely worked phoenix with long wings composed of different feathers, a short crest and long, curling tail feathers. |
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95 A jade brush washer 17th/18th centuries Length: 4 3/4 in, 12.2 cm in the form of a curling lotus leaf with incised veins. |
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96 A good jade handling piece 17th/18th centuries Length: 2 1/4 in, 5.7 cm in the form of two curling catfish holding a stem of lingzhi fungus in their mouths. |
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97 A jade figure of a bird 17th century Length: 3 1/4 in, 8.3 cm the bird rests in a recumbent position with its head turned backwards. |
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98 A fine jade figure of Liuhai 17th/18th centuries Height: 4 in, 10.1 cm the Immortal is characteristically depicted with a coin in his right hand, a cord in his left and a three-legged toad perched on his right shoulder. |
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99 A fine jade brush washer 17th century Length: 3 3/4 in, 9.5 cm in the form of a curling lotus leaf, with veins to the outside in low relief. |
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100 A fine jade belt buckle 18th century Length: 3 1/2 in, 8.9 cm pierced and worked in the form of a Buddhist lion with a cub on its back. |
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101 A fine jade vase and cover 18th century Height: 5 3/4 in, 14.6 cm the vase rises from the back of a mythical bird. |
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102 A fine jade vase 17th/18th centuries Height: 6 3/8 in, 16.2 cm of archaic bronze gu form, with a hollow, spreading foot, a swollen waist and a tall, flaring neck. |
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103 A fine jade model of a fish 18th century Length: 11 1/8 in, 28.2 cm naturalistically worked as if swimming through a pond |
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104 A jade censer and cover 18th century Width: 8 3/8 in, 21.3 cm supported on a splayed circular foot worked with a band of lappets filled with a geometric pattern and with key-fret to the straight rim. |
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105 A fine, small jade boulder 18th century Height: 4 1/2 in, 11.3 cm worked in the form of a mountain. Click image for more info |
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106 A very fine Moghul jade cup 17th/18th centuries Length: 5 in, 12.7 cm thinly worked in the form of half a gourd with five elegantly curved, raised ribs, simulating the gourd’s lobes. Click image for more info |
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107 A very fine Moghul jade pendant (tarviz) Pendant: 17th/18th centuries. Mount and enamelling: probably 19th century Length: 2 in, 4.9 cm the heart-shaped plaque is inlaid with thick gold wires in the kundan technique |
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108 A very fine Moghul jade jar 17th/18th centuries Width across the handles: 6 in, 15.2 cm from a spreading, petal-form foot, the depressed globular sides |
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109 A good soapstone seal 19th century Height: 2 5/8 in, 6.7 cm the long, rectangular seal is surmounted by a knop in the form of a large mythical creature and two dragons |
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110 A soapstone seal 19th century Height: 2 in, 5.1 cm the rectangular seal is surmounted by a crouching mythical beast. |
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111 A fine and rare stone dragon weight Tang dynasty Height: 4 1/2 in, 11.5 cm the dragon is coiled atop a circular pedestal base carved with a band of lotus lappet. |
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112 A fine marble figure of Buddha Northern Qi dynasty Height: 13 1/2 in, 34.3 cm seated in padmasana on a raised plinth rising from a rectangular base. Click image for more info |
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113 A fine and rare sandstone lion Tang dynasty Height: 9 3/4 in, 24.7 cm seated on its haunches on a square base. |
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