Sale 2267
New York
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18 March 2009
Price realised
USD 37,500
Estimate
THREE WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PENDANTS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Comprising two pendants carved with a scene of a sage carrying a staff crossing a foot bridge to a nearby pavilion situated by a large overhanging pine tree, the reverse of each with a raised inscription describing the scene followed by two seals, wen and wan (for scholar's pleasure); the third pendant carved utilizing the pale russet markings in the stone with a secluded pavilion situated on the banks of a river beneath an overhanging pine tree, the reverse with a two-character inscription in seal script reading Chun Shan (Spring Mountain) 2¼, 2 5/16 and 2 3/16 in. (5.6, 5.8 and 5.4 cm.) high (3)
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