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Click here to subscribeA CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A LOTUS SEED POD QIANLONG 1736-95 Carved as an insect with long antennae resting on a large lotus pod, with a smaller seed pod to the side, the underside with long intertwining stems and large leaves detailed with veins, the stone of an even tone with some minor inclusions, 5.5cm.清乾隆 青白玉雕蓮蓬擺件
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF THREE GEESE QIANLONG 1736-95 Formed as three geese grasping branches of lotus in their beaks, the birds finely incised with their wing feathers, the underside worked with swirling waves, with russet markings in the stone, 10.8cm. Provenance: purchased from Marchant on 22nd January 2003. Illustrated: Spink, Chinese Jade, 1998, p.42, no.73.清乾隆 青白玉雕鵝銜蓮擺件來源：2003年1月22日購於Marchant馬錢特。出版：Spink，Chinese Jade，1998，頁42，編號73。
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BOY RIDING AN ELEPHANT QING DYNASTY OR EARLIER The stocky elephant depicted standing four-square with its head slightly turned to the right, the smiling boy holds a vase as he kneels upon the animal's back, with a bird perching next to the child, the stone with some light russet markings, together with a wood stand with a label for S Marchant & Son, 70th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, 1995, no.79, 5.2cm. (2) Provenance: formerly an English private collection; purchased from Marchant on 22nd July 1996. Illustrated: S Marchant & Son, Seventieth Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, 1995, p.60, no.79. Cf. Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, no.153 for an elephant of similar style from the collection of Mr and Mrs P Chu; see also Marchant, 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, pp.110-111, no.82 for another jade carving with the same iconography formerly in the Rothschild family collection.清或更早 青白玉雕太平有象擺件來源：英國私人舊藏，1996年7月22日購於Marchant馬錢特，附馬錢特70週年展標籤。出版：S Marchant & Son, Seventieth Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades，1995，頁60，編號79。
A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'GOOSE' PLAQUE YUAN/MING DYNASTY The oval plaque decorated in openwork with a swooping goose amongst lotus blooms and leaves, the bird carved and incised with details of its plumage, with three small waves below, the pale stone with some minor grey inclusions and white mottling, 8.4cm. Provenance: purchased from Marchant on 7th October 1997. Cf. R Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, p.46, no.43 for a comparable example; see also Marchant, 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, p.51, no.29 for a similar plaque pierced with a flying goose and lotus; see also H K F Hui & T Y Pang, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, p.142, no.73 for a related Jin dynasty plaque from the Michael S L Liu collection.元/明 白玉鏤雕春水佩來源：1997年10月7日購於Marchant馬錢特。
A CHINESE IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE ZHADOU AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95 The straight sides and domed cover carved in low relief with shuangxi characters, the flat everted rim shaped as a flowerhead, decorated with five bats in flight amongst chrysanthemum sprays, all surmounted by a compressed finial worked as a shou medallion encircled by ruyi-heads, the dark green stone with black specks and pale inclusions, with paper labels for Marchant, 13.5cm. (2) Provenance: formerly an American private collection, New York; purchased from Marchant on 20th October 2004. Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.10, p.258, no.206 for a similarly formed jade spittoon and cover.清乾隆 碧玉雕大婚渣斗來源：美國紐約私人收藏，2004年10月20日購於Marchant馬錢特。
A CHINESE CELADON JADE 'MOUNTAIN' CARVING QIANLONG 1736-95 Formed as rounded craggy peaks, decorated in relief to one side with a monkey holding a peach as he kneels before a seated scholar, they sit beneath wutong and pine trees, carved in openwork with a pavilion to one side and a tall tower in the distance, with a further wutong tree growing amidst rocks to the reverse, the stone with some russet and white inclusions, 15.6cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Sir Archibald John Boyd (c.1889-1959) and Lady Boyd, and thence by descent. Sir Archibald was chairman of the Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company and of The Patent Shaft and Axletree Company. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford, and then joined the steelworks of Cammell Laird and Co, Sheffield, as a pupil in 1912. In 1929, the company merged with Vickers Ltd forming the Metropolitation-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company, and Sir Archibald became its managing director five years later. During the Second World War, the company produced fighting vehicles and Sir Archibald was seconded to the Ministry of Supply as Director-General of Tank Production between October 1942 and December 1943. In 1950, Sir Archibald received his knighthood and he was appointed as the company's chairman in 1956.清乾隆 青白玉雕山子來源：Archibald John Boyd（1889左右-1959）紳士伉儷收藏，之後由其家族繼承。Archibald紳士曾任英國著名的火車及軍火公司主席。
A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'BADGERS' PENDANT 18TH CENTURY Of oval form, carved in openwork with two feline-like badgers, the animals recline together gazing back at each other, with finely incised hairs to the ends of their curled tails, the pale stone with some small russet markings, 5.1cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, West Sussex, acquired by the current owner during various tours of duty between 1968 and 1985. The Chinese word for 'badger', huan, is homophonous with that for 'joy'. The image of two badgers, shuanghuan, is therefore symbolic of a couple enjoying marital bliss. Cf. Marchant, Ninety Jades for 90 Years, p.79, no.40 for a similar pendant; see also T Y Pang & J Sze, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, p.179, no.103 for another example.十八世紀 白玉雕雙歡佩來源：英國西薩塞克斯私人收藏，1968-1985年在旅遊時購得。
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF LINGZHI QING DYNASTY Formed as two large mushrooms with smaller lingzhi growing around them, with an insect resting on the largest cap, the stone with some minor russet inclusions, 8cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Cf. Marchant, 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, p.89, no.63 for a comparable Qianlong jade carving also formed as a small insect resting upon lingzhi.清 青白玉雕靈芝擺件來源：西約克郡私人收藏，購於1970-80年代。
A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'MONKEYS' GROUP 18TH/19TH CENTURY Deeply carved with three monkeys climbing over rocks, pine and lingzhi, they reach out for a bunch of peaches, with the monkeys picked out in a brown section of the stone, together with a reticulated wood stand, 9cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of John Brunel-Cohen (dec'd).十八/十九世紀 青玉雕靈猴獻壽擺件來源：John Brunel-Cohen收藏。
A SMALL CHINESE WHITE AND BLACK JADE CARVING OF CATS QING DYNASTY OR LATER Formed as two reclining cats facing each other, with a small kitten clambering on one of their backs, the largest feline carved in a white section of the stone, the two smaller cats picked out in black jade, together with a wood stand, 3.8cm. (2)清或更晚 黑白玉雕耄耋之壽擺件
A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'TIANJI' VASE LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The heavenly bird carved standing upon rocks, its wings detailed with chilong masks and archaistic scrolls, with a ribbon held in its beak, depicted supporting a large vase on its back, the vessel decorated with taotie masks to the body, with loose rings suspending from the bird's breast and the vase's animal-shaped handles, the pale stone with some russet inclusions, together with a wood stand carved in openwork with flowering peony branches, 19.5cm. (2) Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. This vase was purchased from Chuen Koo Chai Dealers in Chinese Arts & Curios, Hong Kong, on 4th December 1963. A copy of the invoice is available. A certificate of identity dated 6th December 1963 from The Curios, Furniture & Miscellaneous Utensils & Hardware Merchants & Employees Association, Hong Kong & Kowloon, is also available. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection.清晚期/民國 白玉雕天雞尊來源：倫敦私人舊藏，1963年12月4日購於香港尊古齋（附發票複印件）。
A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE CARVING OF A HORSE REPUBLIC PERIOD The horse depicted in a recumbent pose with its head raised, its tail and mane detailed with finely incised hairs, the pale stone with vivid green and russet markings, together with a wood stand, 20.3cm. (2) Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. The horse was purchased from Chuen Koo Chai Dealers in Chinese Arts & Curios, Hong Kong, on 27th May 1959. A copy of the invoice is available. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection.民國 翡翠雕馬來源：倫敦私人舊藏，1959年5月27日購於香港尊古齋（附發票複印件）。
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'MOUNTAIN' BRUSH REST MING/QING DYNASTY Formed as a rocky mountain range, incised with stylised rolling hills to the reverse, the stone of a pale greenish tone with some dark specks and inclusions, together with a wood stand carved with the Three Friends of Winter, 20cm. (2) Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. This brush rest was purchased from Chuen Koo Chai Dealers in Chinese Arts & Curios, Hong Kong, on 4th December 1963. A copy of the invoice is available. A certificate of identity dated 6th December 1963 from The Curios, Furniture & Miscellaneous Utensils & Hardware Merchants & Employees Association, Hong Kong & Kowloon, is also available. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection. Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.9, p.81, no.68 for a related brush rest carved as mountains.明/清 青白玉雕筆山來源：倫敦私人舊藏，1963年12月4日購於香港尊古齋（附發票複印件）。
A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE OVAL BRUSH WASHER LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD Carved in relief with large leaves and flowering branches growing from rockwork, the reverse with a spray of blossoming orchids, all raised on a short straight foot, the greyish stone with vibrant green and russet markings, together with a wood stand inlaid with wire scrolls, 14.5cm. (2) Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. The brush washer was purchased from Chuen Koo Chai Dealers in Chinese Arts & Curios, Hong Kong, on 4th December 1963. A copy of the invoice is available. A certificate of identity dated 6th December 1963 from The Curios, Furniture & Miscellaneous Utensils & Hardware Merchants & Employees Association, Hong Kong & Kowloon, is also available. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection.清晚期/民國 翡翠花卉紋筆洗來源：倫敦私人舊藏，1963年12月4日購於香港尊古齋（附發票複印件）。
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BLACK AND WHITE JADE POURING VESSEL, YI 18TH CENTURY Decorated in low relief to the exterior with taotie masks and stylised mythical beasts, the short spout formed as an animal with its mouth open, the curved handle carved with a dragon mask, all raised on a flared oval foot, the stone with rich black and greyish-white sections, with some minor russet specks, together with a wood stand, 16.7cm. (2) Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection.十八世紀 黑白玉雕匜來源：倫敦私人舊藏，1959-1963年代。
A CHINESE CELADON JADE 'PHOENIX' BRUSH WASHER QING DYNASTY The peach-shaped vessel carved in high relief with a phoenix in flight amidst flowering blooms, with furling leaves and twisting branches forming the foot, the stone of a greyish tone with some inclusions, 16.7cm. Provenance: from the collection of Sir Raymond Smith KBE (1917-2002) and Lady Smith (1918-1996).Raymond and Dorothy Smith met in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1939 whilst Raymond was serving as Attaché at the British Embassy liaising with the US on behalf of British Security. They married the following year shortly before returning to the UK. Dorothy then worked for the Ministry of Information in London and Raymond served with the Intelligence Corps in France and various countries in the Far East. After the end of the Second World War, Raymond and Dorothy returned to Venezuela where they made their home. Raymond became a consultant representing various Defence and Aviation companies including British Aerospace, Marconi Plessey and Rolls Royce among others. In 1960, he was awarded the CBE and subsequently in 1967 the KBE for services to British exports. Raymond and Dorothy maintained close ties with the UK and they frequently travelled to London, becoming avid art collectors. Their Old Master and Impressionist works collection included two pieces by Canaletto amongst many other artworks. Their wide-ranging collections, including their collection of Chinese Art, were acquired from the mid 1960s through to the 1980s, principally from Sotheby's and Christie’s in London.清 青白玉雕鳳戲牡丹桃型洗來源：Raymond Smith KBE紳士（1917-2002）及Smith女士（1918-1996）收藏。
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO GEESE QIANLONG 1736-95 Formed as a large goose seated upon a furling lotus leaf, with a smaller bird picked out in a grey area of the stone by its side, each holds a blossoming sprig in its beak, their wings detailed with finely incised feathers, 5.8cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.清乾隆 青白玉雕鵝啣蓮擺件來源：英國薩塞克斯私人收藏。
A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE 'LION DOGS' PENDANT QING DYNASTY The rectangular pendant carved in relief and pierced with two lion dogs in a rocky setting, they sit beneath pine trees and a bat perched above, with lingzhi growing in the landscape to the reverse, cleverly worked with the creatures picked out in vibrant green sections of the pale stone, 5.6cm. Provenance: from a private collection, London.清 翡翠雕獅子繡球佩來源：倫敦私人收藏。
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' WATERPOT LATE QING DYNASTY The compressed body worked with a smooth surface, decorated in relief with a scaly dragon and a chilong clambering over each end, the stone with some minor white and russet inclusions, together with a wood stand, 12.8cm. (2) Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.清晚期 青白玉雕龍紋洗來源：Jackie Somerville-Roberts收藏。Jackie的父親Leo Clasen，曾在鋼鐵行業工作，在1945-1965年開始收藏。
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO MANDARIN DUCKS QING DYNASTY Formed as a pair of Mandarin ducks gazing at each other, each bird detailed with a crest and feathers on their wings, with large lotus blooms and leaves around them, the pale greyish stone with some russet inclusions, together with a wood stand, 14.9cm. (2) Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.清 青白玉雕蓮池鴛鴦擺件來源：Jackie Somerville-Roberts收藏。Jackie的父親Leo Clasen，曾在鋼鐵行業工作，在1945-1965年開始收藏。
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE VASE AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY Shaped as a pouring vessel flaring at the rim, the central raised band carved with taotie masks, with pendant leaves incised to the neck and foot, decorated in relief with an animal mask suspending a loose ring, with a bearded chilong crouching on the cover, the stone of a dark green tone with black inclusions, together with an openwork wood stand inlaid with silver wire, 17.3cm. (3) Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.清晚期 碧玉雕饕餮螭龍紋蓋瓶來源：Jackie Somerville-Roberts收藏。Jackie的父親Leo Clasen，曾在鋼鐵行業工作，在1945-1965年開始收藏。
THREE SMALL CHINESE CELADON JADE ITEMS QING DYNASTY One carved in pale celadon jade as a shallow dish with a foliate rim, another worked in celadon jade as a bird resting by a lotus atop a large conch shell, the stone with russet mottling and inclusions, the third carving formed as twin-fish, with a flower to one side, one fish picked out in a brown section of the stone, the other in pale celadon, 9.3cm max. (3) Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.清晚期 玉雕花口碟、鷸蚌及魚擺件 一組三件來源：Jackie Somerville-Roberts收藏。Jackie的父親Leo Clasen，曾在鋼鐵行業工作，在1945-1965年開始收藏。
A LARGE CHINESE GREY JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The shallow body carved in low relief with a band of lappets, the domed cover pierced with stylised lotus scrolls, with panels enclosing precious Buddhist objects and raised animal masks encircling the rim, all raised on a flared foot, the pale stone with dark specks and inclusions, together with a reticulated wood stand, 16.7cm dia. (3) Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.清晚期/民國 青白玉雕蓮花紋香爐來源：Jackie Somerville-Roberts收藏。Jackie的父親Leo Clasen，曾在鋼鐵行業工作，在1945-1965年開始收藏。
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PEAR-SHAPED VASE QING DYNASTY The compressed body raised on a short foot, carved in low relief to each side with roundels enclosing flowering branches of peony and prunus, the neck flanked by sprays of pierced lingzhi, the pale stone with some minor white mottling and russet inclusions, 13.5cm. Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.清 青白玉雕如意富貴紋瓶來源：Jackie Somerville-Roberts收藏。Jackie的父親Leo Clasen，曾在鋼鐵行業工作，在1945-1965年開始收藏。
A CHINESE CELADON JADE 'BOULDER' CARVING QING DYNASTY Naturalistically formed as a craggy rock, carved to one side with a pine tree and crane perching on one leg, the reverse with lingzhi, the stone of a greenish tone with russet inclusions, together with a wood stand, 12cm. (2) Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.清 青白玉雕松鶴延年山子來源：Jackie Somerville-Roberts收藏。Jackie的父親Leo Clasen，曾在鋼鐵行業工作，在1945-1965年開始收藏。
A FINE CHINESE WHITE JADE LIBATION CUP 18TH CENTURY The body decorated with archaistic mythical beast masks below key fret, the spout carved as the head of a creature with its mouth open, with a further snake-like animal in relief below, the handle formed as a boy standing on swirling clouds as he clings to the rim, all raised on four ruyi-head shaped feet, with a paper label for Bluett & Sons London to the base, the pale translucent stone with some light russet inclusions, together with a wood stand, 11.2cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Dennis Howarth, and thence by descent to his daughter Connie Tattersall. Purchased from Bluett & Sons on 21st May 1952 for £28. The cup was supplied to Bluett's by Dr Cheng Te-K'un.十八世紀 白玉雕童子瑞獸紋杯來源：Dennis Howarth收藏，之後由其女兒Connie Tattersall繼承。1952年5月21日以£28價格購於Bluett & Sons，此杯由鄭德坤教授提供給Bluett & Sons（附標籤）。
A FINE TALL CHINESE CELADON JADE OVOID VASE 18TH CENTURY The slender body swelling at the centre, carved in low relief to the shoulder with a band of archaistic taotie masks divided by stylised sprays, with two tubular handles flanking the neck, the stone with some minor russet inclusions and white mottling, with a paper label for Spink & Son Ltd to the recessed base, together with a signed copy of Jade by Roger Keverne, with a dedication to Gordon and Sylvia Quance by Roger Keverne dated 18th February 1992, 25.8cm. (2) Provenance: by direction of the executors of the late Sylvia Quance (d.20th September 2020). From the collection of Gordon W Quance LLM (1931-2017). Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd on 16th December 1963. The original invoice is available. Illustrated: R Keverne, Jade, p.151, fig.56.十八世紀 青白玉雕饕餮紋瓶來源：Gordon W Quance LLM（1931-2017) 及Sylvia Quance（逝於2020年9月20日）收藏。1963年12月16日購於Spink & Son Ltd（附發票複印件及標籤）。
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