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US$3,900-6,500
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A WHITE JADEITE AND GILT SILVER MIRROR, BY YAMANAKA
The rounded mirror back carved in low relief with a motif of a phoenix and a peony, the base supported by two pierced archaistic dragons, to the narrow handle, all worked from a single piece of highly translucent white jadeite, mounted in gilt silver, the base of the handle engraved and bezel-set with a jadeite cabochon, late 19th century, in a fitted Ralph M Chait box
Signed Yamanaka
The rounded mirror back carved in low relief with a motif of a phoenix and a peony, the base supported by two pierced archaistic dragons, to the narrow handle, all worked from a single piece of highly translucent white jadeite, mounted in gilt silver, the base of the handle engraved and bezel-set with a jadeite cabochon, late 19th century, in a fitted Ralph M Chait box
Signed Yamanaka