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Catalogue Item No.28 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Qianlong [ 1736-95 ]
Width: 8 1/4in [ 21cm ]
A spinach green jade bowl in the form of overlapping lotus-petals, the twin handles carved as double lotus heads and stalks, the underside as a lotus pod, the stone of an even colour and the details well defined.
Catalogue Item No.29 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Qianlong [ 1736-95 ]
Width: 7 5/8in [ 19.4cm ]
A spinach green jade mountain carved in relief with three figures on pathways leading to a retreat hidden behind rocky outcrops and pine trees, the reverse with further trees and plants emerging from rockwork, the details well defined, the stone of an even colour.
Catalogue Item No.30 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Kangxi [ 1662-1722 ]
Length: 4 3/4in [ 12cm ]
A black and pale grey jade boulder carved in deep relief with the Daoist Immortal, Li Tieguai, seated on a large tied sack among swirling clouds and foaming waves, his crutch at his side tied with a scroll, the reverse with a rocky outcrop.
Catalogue Item No.31 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Qianlong [ 1736-95 ]
Length: 5in [ 12.7cm ]
A white jade carving of a recumbent phoenix with its tail feathers turned around its body, the head turned back, a fruiting peach spray in its beak, the details well defined, the stone of an even colour with a small russet inclusion.
Catalogue Item No.32 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Kangxi [ 1662-1722 ]
Length: 6 3/8in [ 16.3cm ]
A large celadon and russet jade deer group modelled as a recumbent stag holding an elaborate spray of lingzhi in its mouth above its young lying before him, the details of the vertebrae and underside well defined.
Catalogue Item No.33 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Qianlong [ 1736-95 ]
Length: 5 1/8in [ 13cm ]
A white jade group of a recumbent ram and two kids the adult animal with the youngest on its back, the other lying behind him, they are surrounded by cloud-scrolls surmounted by a yin-yan symbol, the underside well defined, the stone of even colour.
Catalogue Item No.34 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Kangxi [ 1662-1722 ]
Length: 3 1/4in [ 8.3cm ]
A pale celadon jade model of a walking longma with one foreleg raised, the twin-horned beast with its head turned to one side, vaporous clouds issuing from its mouth and supporting an encased set of the Books of Knowledge, its bushy tail flicked over its back, the details of the haunches well defined, the stone of an even colour.
Catalogue Item No.35 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Kangxi [ 1662-1722 ]
Length: 4 3/4in [ 12.2cm ]
A large white jade group of a recumbent bearded Buddhist lion and two cubs the adult with its mouth open and playing with its young, one below its head, the other clambering on its haunches, the whole profusely carved and detailed, the underside well defined, the stone of an even colour with slight russet inclusions.
Catalogue Item No.36 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Qianlong [ 1736-95 ]
Length: 5 1/2in [ 14cm ]
A large white jade Buddhist lion and cub group the recumbent adult with hind paw raised to its mouth, its multi stranded bushy tail flicked around the body, a brocade ball between its forelegs, the cub leans over the larger animalšs back while standing on a simulated silk ribbon, which both grasp in their mouths, the details of the vertebrae and underside boldly defined, the stone of an even colour with slight russet inclusions.
Catalogue Item No.37 - Click to View Larger Image
China: Kangxi [ 1662-1722 ]
Length: 6 1/2in [ 16.5cm ]
A large white jade twin horned model of a recumbent longma the animal with its head turned back, biting at a fruiting peach spray on its spine, the bushy tail flicked over the right haunch, the body carved in light relief with cloud scrolls over the scales and prominent ribs, the two horns tied with a simulated silk ribbon over the finely delineated mane, the details boldly carved and well defined, the stone of an even colour.
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