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Property from a Private American Collection
TWO SMALL WHITE JADE CARVINGS
18TH CENTURY
Details
TWO SMALL WHITE JADE CARVINGS
18TH CENTURY
Comprising an openwork carving of four intertwined snakes with chilong heads, the translucent stone of even white tone; and an archaistic gui-shaped pendant carved in shallow relief on both sides with scrolls and bosses, the stone of greenish-white tone with an area of russet utilized to accent the head of a chilong at one end
2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm.) across and 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long, one box (2)
18TH CENTURY
Comprising an openwork carving of four intertwined snakes with chilong heads, the translucent stone of even white tone; and an archaistic gui-shaped pendant carved in shallow relief on both sides with scrolls and bosses, the stone of greenish-white tone with an area of russet utilized to accent the head of a chilong at one end
2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm.) across and 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long, one box (2)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s-1970s.
Exhibited
Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1977-1987.