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Lot 81

Four white and pale green jade carvings
18th/19th century

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £11,400 inc. premium

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Four white and pale green jade carvings

18th/19th century
Comprising: a well hollowed white and russet jade snuff bottle in the form of a goose holding a millet sprig in its mouth, 5cm (2in) wide; a white jade carving of a pair of qilin at play pulling at a lingzhi sprig, wood stand, 4.1cm (1⅝in) wide; a pale green jade carving of a cat feeding on a butterfly with a kitten by its side, all supported on a leaf, 6.5cm (2⅝in) wide; and a white jade carving of a recumbent horse and monkey clambering on his side.
4.4cm (1¾in) wide. (5).

Footnotes

Provenance: an English private collection; goose snuff bottle, collection no.31; pair of qilin, collection no.30; cats, collection no.35; and horse and monkey, collection no.32.

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