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Lot Essay
US$28,000-38,000
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A JADEITE CARVING
Depicting an old man carrying a steelyard, with well-carved jadeite head and hands of very light green colour and very good translucency, to the multi-coloured jadeite steelyard, counterweight and ingots, enhanced by jadeite adornments on the hat, suspending a row of jadeite ingots and gourd from the waist, representing the rebus 'may your wish come true', to the finely-carved wooden body with inlaid gold pattern, carving approximately 47.0 cm high
Accompanied by report no. KJ47938 dated 3 March 2010 from the Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory stating that the rod is natural jadeite and no polymer is detected
Depicting an old man carrying a steelyard, with well-carved jadeite head and hands of very light green colour and very good translucency, to the multi-coloured jadeite steelyard, counterweight and ingots, enhanced by jadeite adornments on the hat, suspending a row of jadeite ingots and gourd from the waist, representing the rebus 'may your wish come true', to the finely-carved wooden body with inlaid gold pattern, carving approximately 47.0 cm high
Accompanied by report no. KJ47938 dated 3 March 2010 from the Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory stating that the rod is natural jadeite and no polymer is detected
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not
be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked
these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import
any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery
outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).
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