Jade, Hardstone & Glass

Chinese pale celadon jade pouring vessel carved in high relief with open winged bat and loose ring handles, with a larger open winged bat supporting a pierced shou-character suspending two long tassels between the spout, all on four flared feet.

A Chinese pale celadon jade treasure sack, carved with two monkeys clambering on its sides, beside a flowering peony branch, the reverse with an insect in flight, the treasure sack cleverly carved with a tied ribbon.

A large Chinese spinach jade carving of a recumbent buffalo, with his head raised, with skilfully ridged horns, folded-back ears and naturalistically carved nostrils, the spine superbly carved with raised nape, with fat from his neck resting on his front left flank, the hooves all tucked underneath, with detailed hairwork to the tail.

Chinese pale celadon jade carving of a crouching Buddhist lion, with open mouth and ridged spine, with fine detail to the claws and hair work to the mane and tail.

Large Chinese spinach jade double trunk spill-holder, naturalistically carved with a standing crane and a standing phoenix bird amongst openwork branches of pine and prunus in high relief, above further branches of bamboo and lingzhi fungus, the underside also naturalistically carved as a gnarled trunk.

A Chinese white jade superbly hollowed bottle vase, carved on the body with a wide band of double xi, "happiness" characters, framed within scrolls, between ruyi-heads, the neck with an archaic-style relief band of cicadas, all beneath a lipped rim and on a gently raised foot.

Chinese white and russet jade pendant, carved with three silkworms amongst fruiting mulberry branches and leaves with an open-winged large insect, the reverse with russet leaves and a further insect.

Chinese white and black jade openwork pendant, carved in the form of two tree shrews touching each other at their mouths and feet, the reverse with an open-winged bat.

Chinese chalcedony agate openwork pendant, cleverly carved as two monkeys clambering amongst fruiting peach branches, the larger monkey in pale tone, the other monkey and peaches in russet tones.

Chinese jade black and white openwork pendant carved with a large black cicada, a pair of open-winged butterflies and a silkworm, amongst fruiting and leafy mulberry branches.

Chinese white jade snuff bottle of flattened baluster form, carved on the body in high relief with five open-winged bats, wu fu, all on a short oval foot rim beneath a cylindrical mouth.

A Chinese chalcedony agate carving of a recumbent horse with two monkeys climbing on its back, each clinging onto its mane, with detailed hair work to the tail, with clever use of the material with the back monkey of a lighter tone.

Chinese pale celadon circular openwork jade box, the pierced cover carved with a long-tailed crested pheasant looking back amongst flowering prunus branches and intricately serrated-edge leaves, all encircled by an archaic-style dragon border, repeated on the box base.

A Chinese pale celadon jade ewer of pear-shape, carved in the archaic style with a wide band of incised scrolls, beneath a raised band of double scrolls, all beneath a keyfret band at the rim, with openwork chilong dragon handle, with his head and front right paw at the rim, all on a splayed foot with high-relief bands, the interior well hollowed.

Chinese pale celadon and mottled jade box, deeply carved as a finger citron with high relief branches, leaves and smaller finger citron, attached with an integral loose ring between openwork gnarled branches.

Chinese taupe, russet, white and mottled jade carving of two recumbent cranes, each nuzzling the other and both holding a gnarled fruiting peach branch in their mouths, the long leaves reaching down the back of the darker crane, the stone of the pebble revealing the russet edge, the claws neatly tucked underneath and detailed work to the feathers.

Chinese seven-colour glass overlay snuff bottle, superbly decorated with a large turquoise lotus leaf enveloping a pink lotus flower, carved on the exterior with a lotus pod, leaves, shoots and a brown leaf, together with a black crab, the footrim formed as a branch.

Chinese superbly hollowed Suzhou agate snuff bottle, carved in high-relief with an equestrian figure of a scholar riding a donkey in a continuous mountain river landscape with a viewing pavilion in the distance, his attendant leading the way holding a flowering prunus branch, amongst typical Suzhou edged rockwork, superbly carved in high-relief with prunus flowerheads in russet tones, the underside with a slightly dimpled base.