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THREE JADE CARVINGS
MING DYNASTY OR LATER
One a whitish jade flower-form brushwasher, the deep, five-petaled blossom borne on a blossoming branch which forms an openwork handle to one side where two chilong frolic, with some opaque mottling and brown veining in the stone; one a pale gray and brown carving of a mythical beast, shown seated on a wave base, its horned head turned to the side while grasping in its jaws the end of the blossoming lotus stem which trails over its back; the third a small mottled white jade figure of a recumbent horse, with head turned to rest on its back, possibly Ming dynasty
6¼, 2¾ and 1½in. (15.8, 7 and 3.8cm.) long, one wood stand, one box (3)
