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(US$1,500-2,000)
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TWO SMALL WHITE JADE CARVINGS OF FRUITS
18TH CENTURY
The first carved as two pomegranates among a leafy patch with a three-legged toad crawling up the larger fruit, the stone of white tone with a russet inclusion highlighting the carving, 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long; the other as a bird perched on a leafy peach sprig bearing two fruits, all on top of a lingzhi head, the stone of white tone with areas of russet inclusions, 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long (2)
18TH CENTURY
The first carved as two pomegranates among a leafy patch with a three-legged toad crawling up the larger fruit, the stone of white tone with a russet inclusion highlighting the carving, 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long; the other as a bird perched on a leafy peach sprig bearing two fruits, all on top of a lingzhi head, the stone of white tone with areas of russet inclusions, 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long (2)