R1206

Spill holder carved as two naturalistic tree trunks with branches of prunus, bamboo and lingzhi, with an open-winged bat joining the two trunks, the underside naturalistically carved, the stone black and grey.

3 ½ inches, 9 cm high.

Late Qianlong, circa 1780.

Carved openwork wood stand of prunus branch form.

Reclining horse, ma, the ears folded back, with detailed hairwork to its mane and tail, looking back at a monkey, hou, climbing on its hind quarters, its hands on the horse’s nose, the monkey with a furrowed brow and detailed hairwork to its spine, the stone mottled dark and light grey.

3 ¼ inches, 8.3 cm long.

Qianlong/Jiaqing, circa 1780-1820.

Chinese pale celadon jade carving of a goose with its young seated on a large lotus leaf, each holding the branch of the lotus flower in its beak, with detailed work to the wings and the neatly carved round eyes.

2 1/4 inches, 5.7 cm long.

Qianlong, 1736-1795.