A fine nephrite (jade) snuff bottle
lightly carved with butterflies, beetle, flowers and vines, the pebble form
well hollowed and of grayish green colour with russet markings highlighted
by the carving.
1760-1850
An ivory Guanyin wearing a finely carved hooded robe, holding a ruyi scepter in one hand, the other raised in a mudra, the hollow material with an insert in the base incised with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. 6 3/8" tall. Late Qing Dynasty.
A gray nephrite toggle with black markings, carved as a double gourd with leaf in high relief and a smaller double gourd to the side, pierced at the tendrils to be strung
An agate snuff bottle of compressed ovoid form, supported on a raised foot rim with a recessed base; the material of gray colour with black skin carved in high relief with a parrot and dog amidst pine and rockery
A fine large Chinese porcelain baluster vase with ovoid body, waisted neck and flared mouth rim; covered in a deep copper red glaze with veins of purple; supported on a foot rim with an unglazed, recessed base
A well car nephrite (jade) lotus rhizome comprised of three segments with leaves and vines, the material of grayish white and russet colour and well used in the carving. Openwork wood stand. 6" x 1" x 2.5." 18th Century.
A jade Garment hook carved with an openwork qilong dragon clambering along the back towards the dragon head terminal, the underneath with an ovoid knop to affix at the belt, the material (nephrite) of even pale grayish-white colour. Wood stand. 4.75 inches long and 1.1 inches wide (at the widest point). 1760-1850.
A fine agate snuff bottle of gray colour with reddish-brown and black markings; the compressed ovoid form well hollowed and supported on a concave base
