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US$2,500-3,800
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TWO NEPHRITE CARVINGS
The first, of semi-opaque pale brown material suffused with dark brown streaks and veins, carved as two geese biting a ruyi sceptre and a stalk, representing the rebus "hehe ruyi" meaning "Harmony as you may wish", attached to a yellow silk cord with onyx, turquoise and agate beads surmount; and the second, of semi-opaque white material with specks of dark brown, carved as two mandarin ducks biting a stalk, to a green silk cord with plastic and turquoise beads surmount, 3.1 and 3.6 cm. high
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The first, of semi-opaque pale brown material suffused with dark brown streaks and veins, carved as two geese biting a ruyi sceptre and a stalk, representing the rebus "hehe ruyi" meaning "Harmony as you may wish", attached to a yellow silk cord with onyx, turquoise and agate beads surmount; and the second, of semi-opaque white material with specks of dark brown, carved as two mandarin ducks biting a stalk, to a green silk cord with plastic and turquoise beads surmount, 3.1 and 3.6 cm. high
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