Sale 2373
Hong Kong
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30 May 2007
Price realised
HKD 57,600
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A PAIR OF COLOURLESS JADEITE PENDENT NECKLACE The jadeite plaques of highly translucent colourless material with emerald green streaks on one end, the first carved with a pair of bats facing each other and a string of coins among the foliage, representing the rebus 'shuang fu' or 'double happiness' and 'fu zai yan qian' or 'luck before your eyes', also with a qilin on top and a lingzhi below, symbolising longevity; the second, carved with a monkey holding a peach atop a lingzhi spray, to the multi-shaped and coloured jadeite beads surmount and terminals, plaques approximately 58.9 x 39.3 x 6.8 and 52.3 x 39.2 x 6.6 mm (2)
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US$5,000-8,000
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