Lot Essay
US$2,600-3,800
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TWO NEPHRITE CARVINGS
The first, carved as a brown haired young "Liuhai" of semi-opaque white colour, holding a string of coins with his right hand to bait a three-legged toad under his right foot; and the second, of similar material with brown splashes, carved and pierced with a boy holding a ruyi sceptre with his right hand, and feeding a goose with a stalk held by his left hand, representing the rebus "Hehe ruyi" meaning "harmony as you may wish", both carvings attached to the silk cords, 6.9 and 6.5 cm. high
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The first, carved as a brown haired young "Liuhai" of semi-opaque white colour, holding a string of coins with his right hand to bait a three-legged toad under his right foot; and the second, of similar material with brown splashes, carved and pierced with a boy holding a ruyi sceptre with his right hand, and feeding a goose with a stalk held by his left hand, representing the rebus "Hehe ruyi" meaning "harmony as you may wish", both carvings attached to the silk cords, 6.9 and 6.5 cm. high
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