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836 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO MYTHICAL CREATURES QING DYNASTY OR LATER Worked as a crouching lion-like beast with its cub at its side, their faces carved with bulging eyes and wide mouths, each with a single horn to the top of its head, 5cm.
837 A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘BIXIE’ PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER The two-horned mythical beast depicted crouching with its wings tucked at its sides, its body carved and incised with swirls, with a circular hole to its mouth, the stone with minor russet striations, 5.9cm.
£800-1,200
£800-1,200
838 A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL CARVING OF A HORSE QING DYNASTY
839 TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS QING DYNASTY
Depicted in a recumbent pose gazing backwards, with its front left leg slightly raised, the mane, tail and feathering delicately incised with fine hairs, 10cm.
One formed as a seated monkey with its infant, with a large russet area in the stone, the other depicting a recumbent beast turning its head to sinister and gazing backwards with bulging eyes, the stone with minor russet markings and striations, 4.1cm and 5.5cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
£800-1,200
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