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Lot 100
A group of five jade carvings
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £9,000 inc. premium
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Comprising: a grey jade cup carved as a lobed prunus blossom borne on a flowering gnarled branch forming the foot and handle, 17th/18th century, carved wood stand, 9cm (3½in) across; a grey jade finial or handle in the form of a leaping dragon with a lingzhi fungus, probably Ming Dynasty, 8.3cm (3¼in) wide; a white-brown jade archaistic cicada belt hook, the reverse incised with a four-character inscription, probably Ming Dynasty, 7.3cm (2⅞in) long; a jadeite 'dragon' belt buckle, 19th century, 6.8cm (2⅝in) long; and a pale green jade carving of a recumbent Bactrian camel, seated with the sinuous neck coiled to one side, the head looking forward, the tail flicked over the right haunch, circa 1900, 7.1cm (2¾in) long (6).
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Provenance: an English private collection














