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Two white and black jade carvings 18th/19th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £18,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo white and black jade carvings
18th/19th century
Comprising: a carving of a white cat carved with a russet butterfly on its side, playing with a black kitten, the fur naturalistically rendered with incised lines, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide; together with a pendant of a white jade carved boy holding a lingzhi fungus sprig behind his shoulders, standing atop a black jade dragon pursuing the flaming pearl.
5.8cm (2¼in) high. (2).
Comprising: a carving of a white cat carved with a russet butterfly on its side, playing with a black kitten, the fur naturalistically rendered with incised lines, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide; together with a pendant of a white jade carved boy holding a lingzhi fungus sprig behind his shoulders, standing atop a black jade dragon pursuing the flaming pearl.
5.8cm (2¼in) high. (2).
Footnotes
Provenance: an English private collection; the cat jade group, collection no.27 and the boy and dragon jade group, collection no.29.














