Fine Jewels

Lot 379:

A GROUP OF SMALL WHITE JADE PENDANTS

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Start price: HK$50,000

Estimated price: HK$50,000 - HK$80,000

Buyer's premium: 21%

Comprising five pale white jade and semi-translucent pendants, each character is well carved in high relief on both sides (5)

a) A pendant carved with a standing wise man with an infant perched on his shoulder, details of his robes finely incised;

b) Carved as an openwork plaque of a butterfly above the character ‘Shuangxi’, bearing the rebus of double happiness;

c) Carved as an openwork plaque with an auspicious creature entwined in foliage with its head faced upwards on the front, framed in a ‘Ruyi’, representing luck and foresight;

d) A plaque carved in openwork as double-sided fine engraving of an auspicious bat ‘Fu’ surrounded by pierced scrollwork of ‘Lingzhi’, bearing the rebus of good fortune and longevity;

e) A pendant shaped in a coiled mythological beast ‘Pixiu’, its body is decorated with cloud-like designs, as a pair of wings, signifying wellbeing and virtues