20th Aug, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
A 19th century Chinese famille rose dish, a modern Chinese carved malachite model of a recumbant horse raised on a silver inlaid hardwood plinth, together with a jade model of Guanyin with a young boy, another carved in rose quartz, a jade vase and cover with lilac suffusions raised on a hardwood plinth and an Indian model of the Taj Mahal (two trays)
Provenance; malachite horse, S. H. Chan Arts & Jewellery, Hong Kong, 1977, with facsimilie of receipt
Sold for £780
Estimated at £100 - £150
Famille rose dish - rim with two small chips and chipping to the footrim. Malachite horse - in good condition. Jade Guanyin - large section of her headdress broken off and re-glued, figure of the child also re-glued. Some minor chips. Rose quartz example - numerous natural internal fractures - some extended to surface cracks. Minor chips. Jade vase and cover - slight chipping to the finial, otherwise good order. Taj Mahal - finial of the central dome re-glued.
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Auction: Antiques & Interiors, 20th Aug, 2022
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