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TWO JADE CARVINGS
17TH-18TH CENTURY
One is carved in the form of a flattened purse, decorated on each side in low relief with a peony bloom, the stone of a pale celadon tone with a few minor dark speckled inclusions. The other is carved in the form of a recumbent mythical beast with its head turned sharply backwards, the stone of a milky white tone.
The larger, 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) wide
17TH-18TH CENTURY
One is carved in the form of a flattened purse, decorated on each side in low relief with a peony bloom, the stone of a pale celadon tone with a few minor dark speckled inclusions. The other is carved in the form of a recumbent mythical beast with its head turned sharply backwards, the stone of a milky white tone.
The larger, 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) wide
Provenance
Property of a private East Asian collector (d.1994)
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