PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PAUL AND HELEN BERNAT
THREE SMALL WHITE JADE CARVINGS
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THREE SMALL WHITE JADE CARVINGS
18TH CENTURY
One a carving of a large peach and a double-gourd vine, with a bat alighted to one side; one an archaistic axe-form pendant carved on top with a dragon and a flaming pearl; the third a blossom-form waterpot borne on a gnarled, blossoming branch; together with two ivory stands, one a cup stand carved as a fully open chrysanthemum blossom with two dragonflies in the center, the other rectangular in form and carved in the round as an openwork pattern of bamboo and lingzhi fungus--peach and gourd vine 2½in. (6.3cm.) long, wood stand (4)
18TH CENTURY
One a carving of a large peach and a double-gourd vine, with a bat alighted to one side; one an archaistic axe-form pendant carved on top with a dragon and a flaming pearl; the third a blossom-form waterpot borne on a gnarled, blossoming branch; together with two ivory stands, one a cup stand carved as a fully open chrysanthemum blossom with two dragonflies in the center, the other rectangular in form and carved in the round as an openwork pattern of bamboo and lingzhi fungus--peach and gourd vine 2½in. (6.3cm.) long, wood stand (4)
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See illustration of three