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19TH/20TH CENTURY
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SIX PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The group comprises a carved and pierced mythical beast, the stone with russet inclusions; a recumbent qilin; an archaic knife-shaped coin with characters reading Yidao Ping Wuqian; a vajra, the stone with mottled inclusions; a mandarin duck on a lotus leaf; and a bead in the form of an elephant.
The largest 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) wide
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The group comprises a carved and pierced mythical beast, the stone with russet inclusions; a recumbent qilin; an archaic knife-shaped coin with characters reading Yidao Ping Wuqian; a vajra, the stone with mottled inclusions; a mandarin duck on a lotus leaf; and a bead in the form of an elephant.
The largest 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Private East Asian Collector (d.1994).
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