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MARCHANT

Specialist in Antique Asian Art

Jade & Hardstone
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Buddhist lion pebble, the twin horned and bearded animal crouching amongst and resting on lingzhi clouds with stylised flames on his flanks, long whiskers and folded back ears.· Formerly in the Dubois family collection.
Beijing workshop snuff bottle of flattened baluster form, the centre with a wide band of eight scrolling roundels beneath a ruyi head band at the shoulder and above a ruyi head band at the foot.
Snuff bottle of flattened rectangular form and cylindrical neck, the body with a continuous landscape scene of a fisherman seated beside a stream with crested waves beneath pine trees and amongst rockwork, the reverse with a boy carrying branches while crossing a bridge amongst rockwork, wuti tree and beneath ruyi-head clouds,and oval foot.
A Chinese large jade brush washer in the form of an open lingzhi fungus, carved in high relief with branches of bats among fungus and two chilong dragons climbing amongst the fungus beneath a stylised lingzhi cloud, the rim with a dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, with realistic scales on the dragon’s body and tail, the stone of pale celadon tone with russet markings.
A Chinese white jade brushwasher in the form of a conch shell, with naturalistic fluted body and spiral point, the underside with swirling crested waves, the stone of even colour with slight crushed-snow markings.
A Chinese pale celadon jade peach-tree raft with mottled yellow inclusions, carved in high relief with two scholars seated at a table drinking wine in large cups beside two wine jars, another standing steering the naturalistic wood raft with a lingzhi-form rudder, the raft carved on both sides simulating gnarled wood and containing a large peony bloom at the front, the back of the raft with a large overhanging peach tree growing from the raft with fruit and leaves, the underside with swirling crested waves.
A Chinese white, taupe and russet jade carving of the mythological seahorse hei ma to shu, carved from a single pebble with the horse striding amongst crested waves, its head turned back holding scrolls tied with a long ribbon on its back, with fine detail to the hairwork.
A large Chinese jade circular two handled marriage bowl on four short feet, the two handles in the form of open winged, two horned dragons, the interior carved in high relief with two fruiting peach branches and lingzhi fungus, the exterior of the bowl carved on each side with double happiness character set on a band of the eight Buddhist emblems, the stone of pale celadon tone.