FIVE JADE ARCHAISTIC CARVINGS CHINA, MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911) OR LATER
Comprising a mottled yellowish-brown anthropomorphic bird pendant; a greyish-green and russet carving of a cicada; a greyish-green and dark brown-flecked 'dragon' plaque, huang; a white ring with rope-twist design, and a yellow and brown scraper.
Largest: 4 in. (10.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Bird pendant: Ormonde Gallery, London, 17 September 1993.
Cicada: Jade House, Hong Kong, April 1988.
'Dragon' plaque: Ormonde Gallery, London, 17 September 1993.
Ring: Christie's New York, 3 June 1988, lot 70.
Scraper: Anita Vandenberg, London, August 1988.
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Comprising a mottled yellowish-brown anthropomorphic bird pendant; a greyish-green and russet carving of a cicada; a greyish-green and dark brown-flecked 'dragon' plaque, huang; a white ring with rope-twist design, and a yellow and brown scraper.
Largest: 4 in. (10.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Bird pendant: Ormonde Gallery, London, 17 September 1993.
Cicada: Jade House, Hong Kong, April 1988.
'Dragon' plaque: Ormonde Gallery, London, 17 September 1993.
Ring: Christie's New York, 3 June 1988, lot 70.
Scraper: Anita Vandenberg, London, August 1988.
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