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JADE AND HARDSTONE
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66 A fine jade axe (qi ) Late Shang dynasty, 13th to 11th centuries BC Length: 5 1/2 in, 14 cm the bevelled sides, with notched projections, flare from the butt to a straight cutting edge Click image for more information |
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67 A fine jade cong Shang or Western Zhou dynasty Width: 3 1/8 in, 7.9 cm square in section with a central, circular hole and a short collar to either end |
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68 A small jade cong Neolithic period, Longshan culture, circa 2000 BC Width: 2 1/8 in, 5.3 cm approximately square in cross-section with a central, circular hole |
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69 A fine and large arc-shaped jade pendant (huang) Warring States period Length: 9 in, 22.8 cm with rectangular cut-outs in the plain border forming three steps to each end of the upper curved edge |
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70 A fine jade scabbard slide Western Han dynasty Length: 4 in, 10.2 cm the convex bar is worked in high relief with two sinuous dragons |
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71 A good jade bead Warring States period Height: 2 1/2 in, 6.3 cm of rectangular form and drilled through its long axis. |
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72 A good jade disc (bi ) Late Warring States period to Western Han dynasty Diameter: 8 in, 20.3 cm worked on both sides with two main registers of decoration in low relief |
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73 A fine jade disc (bi ) Western Han dynasty Diameter: 5 1/2 in, 14 cm worked on both sides with a matting or rush pattern of small, hexagonal, faceted bumps between plain borders |
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74 A fine and rare jade stem cup Tang dynasty Diameter: 4 1/8 in, 10.4 cm rising from a high, splayed foot, the well-rounded bowl terminates in a gently everted rim |
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75 A fine jade cup Ming dynasty Length: 5 3/8 in, 13.7 cm of barbed, quatrefoil section, the sides rise from a spreading foot of conforming shape and terminate in an undulating rim |
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76 A fine jade water ewer (yi ) Ming dynasty Length: 6 1/8 in, 15.6 cm after an archaic bronze original |
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77 A jade group 18th century Length: 4 in, 10.2 cm of three pomegranates on a gnarled, twisting, leafy stem |
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78 A fine, small jade boulder 18th century Height: 3 1/4 in, 8.3 cm worked in deep relief with a cock, a hen and three chicks |
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79 A jade miniature brush pot (bitong) 18th century Height: 2 1/8 in, 5.3 cm the cylindrical vessel is worked in low relief with branches of gnarled, flowering prunus |
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80 A fine jade pebble 18th century Height: 2 1/4 in, 5.8 cm worked in the round as two pomegranates growing from a twisting, knotty, leafy stem |
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81 An unusual jade group 17th century Length: 4 3/8 in, 11.4 cm of two deer on a rockwork base |
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82 A fine jade group 18th century Length: 7 3/4 in, 19.7 cm pierced and worked as a pair of cranes holding large sprays of leafy peach and lingzhi fungus in their beaks |
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83 A fine jade figure of a Buddhist lion 18th century Length: 5 1/8 in, 13 cm in a recumbent posture, the animal holds a spray of flowering, leafy peony |
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84 A fine model of a finger citron 17th/18th centuries Length: 6 1/2 in, 16.5 cm naturalistically worked with long, curling fingers and gnarled skin on a leafy stalk |
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85 A fine jade vase 17th/18th centuries Height: 4 1/4 in, 10.2 cm the gently lobed, approximately oval-section vessel flares steeply and terminates in an undulating mouth |
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86 A very fine, imperial, inscribed jade table screen Qianlong period Height: 9 7/8 in, 25.1 cm worked on one side with a scene of three fishermen, two in a boat on a fast-flowing river, one drawing in a net and the other holding the tiller, and the third on the bank Click image for more information |
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87 A fine jade vase 19th century Height: 6 3/4 in, 17.2 cm worked as a large finger citron with naturalistically curling fingers, well hollowed to form a vessel |
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88 A very fine jade censer Qianlong period Width across the handles: 7 in, 17.7 cm supported on a spreading foot ring, the deep body is worked in high relief with two handles in the form of bats, their exquisitely detailed heads peering over the rim. |
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89 A very fine jade beaker vase (gu ) Qianlong period Height: 10 1/2 in, 26.5 cm of quatrefoil section and after an archaic bronze original |
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90 A fine jade incense burner 18th century Height: 5 1/2 in, 14 cm after an archaic bronze original and in the form of a rectangle with cylindrical, protruding corners |
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91 A very fine and rare yellow jade vessel and cover (gong) Qianlong period Height: 5 5/8 in, 14.3 cm after an archaic bronze ceremonial vessel known as a siguang |
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92 A fine and rare, small imperial jade water vessel Qianlong mark and period Width: 2 3/4 in, 7 cm after a bronze original |
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93 An unusual jade tripod vase and cover 18th century Height: 7 in, 17.8 cm the flattened globular vessel stands on three gently tapered legs |
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94 A jade inkstone in an inlaid wood box 19th century Length of jade: 2 7/8 in, 7.3 cm the rectangular pale celadon-green inkstone is worked with a gourd on a leafy stem |
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95 A small tourmaline water vessel 18th century Width: 1 7/8 in, 4.8 cm pale blue in colour and carved in the form of an approximately circular-section vessel |
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96 A very fine tourmaline water vessel Qianlong period Height: 2 in, 5.1 cm superbly carved as a flower, with rows of lightly incised petals around the five-lobed mouth |
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97 A good marble weight Song dynasty Length: 5 3/8 in, 13.7 cm in the form of a lion seated atop a rectangular slab |
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98 A soapstone figure of a scholar 18th century Height: 2 1/8 in, 5.4 cm seated, holding a ruyi sceptre in his left hand and resting his right hand on his raised knee |
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99 A fine soapstone figure of a Buddhist disciple 17th/18th centuries Height: 9 3/4 in, 24.8 cm the young man stands with his hands held before him in anjalimudra and his head tilted slightly to the left Click image for more information |
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100 A very fine limestone figure of Guanyin Northern Zhou dynasty, dated AD 571 Height: 13 5/8 in, 34.6 cm standing on a lotus base and supported on a rectangular plinth Click image for more information |
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101 An unusual stone cup and stand Song dynasty Diameter of stand: 4 in, 10.2 cm rising from a spreading foot with a neatly cut rim, the well-rounded cup terminates in a slightly thickened rim |
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