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paddle-shaped club; tapering to handle with hole and 3 horizontal ribs at end; green stone with black swirls — Mere Pounamu, Date Unknown
Māori

G256

black stone; carved with glowering figure — Celt, c. 500-750
Costa Rica

G255

green, tan and white mottled stone; top carved with squat figure with long plaited beard; red pigment in crevices of carving — Celt, c. 500-750
Costa Rica

G255

the nude boy shown crouching in an almost horizontal position, holding a bird in his left hand, the chubby face with simply carved features and the hair pulled back in double knots; carved from greenish white stone. Former Classification: Jade — Pillow, 17th-18th century
China

G218

mottled green, white and black stone; abstracted bird handle — Celt, c. 500-750
Costa Rica

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J-shaped piece of green stone, with black flecks; new string at top (string no longer present [5-1-11] MD) — Earring, Date Unknown
Māori

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Plain Serpentine Quartz Shallow Bowl of oval shape, with thick sides and base, the translucent brownish-green stone with darker markings, the base engraved with a four-character Qianlong mark — Brush Washer, 18th-19th century
China

G210

horned beast with body of a deer, head of a lion, and scaled wings; standing on waves with a book borne on clouds on its back; grey-green stone with rust-brown and cloudy white mottling — Recumbent Figure of an Auspicious Mythical Beast (Qilin), 17th century
China

G210

large square green and grey jade seal with cross-shaped faceted handle; handle has hole through top for hanging/storage and character carved into top — Official Taoist Seal, 14th century
China

G201

97.153.32 — Mountain, 17th century
China

G210

Table screen, white jade carved in relief on the face with the eight horses of Mu Wang in a mountain landscape with pine trees, the branches of one tree extending on to reverse side. Composition derived from a painting of Ma Yuan. A long poetic inscription and date at upper left added in reign of Ch'ien Lung. — Table Screen with Eight Horses, 18th century
China

G210

Of loaf shape, carved in high relief with buddhist divinities and demons on both sides amidst clouds and wave motifs and a traditional heavenly mountainscape. Broken in two pieces and repaired. Former Classification: Jade — A Gathering of Lohans, 17th-18th century
China

G210

bamboo image inscribed; Sotheby's London, 6/12/95 Lot 516 — Archer’s thumb ring, 1662-1722
China

G217

Former Classification: Jade — Pi, 10th-13th century
China

G215

grey-green mottled jade. Openwork curvilinear designs suggest pairs of phoenixes and dragons. — Bi Disk, 206 BCE - 220 CE
China

G103

Green jade with light ochre spots. Termed a 'Chang' or ritual jade. — Chang Scepter, 12th-11th century BCE
China

G215

The large central lotus pod with smaller pods, the buds entwined at the sides, the central lotus pod with small opening covered by a green jadeite stopper with a frog, the whole raised on a fitted stained ivory stand. — Water coupe, 18th-19th century
China

G210

A Sino-tibetan Buddha shown seated in a muhdra of meditation, carved from white jade and with an angled ledge in the back of the figure fitting precisely onto a mottled green and black jadeite throne in the form of a Tibetan stupa, surmounted by cloud motif finial surrounding a white jade medallion with inscripotion picked out in gilding. — Amitabha, 19th century
China

G210

Pendant with case, Chinese, white jade with black and brown striations, small symbolic objects, one side carved in low relief, H.5-3/16 x W.2-3/8 in.; design of 8 of the 12 emperial symbols; has own storage case. Former Classification: Jade — Kuei Tablet, 12th-13th century
China

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Carved from pale yellowish-green stone in the form of a Li Tripod, with vertical fluting in the raised flanges, the stone with natural flaws covered with brown coloration. A wood stand and cover had apparently been made for this object but are not with it. — Jades for the Scholar’s Table, 18th-19th century
China

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Vase, large, covered, white jade. Band of archaic animal design in relief on body. On the shoulders four archaic monster masks form ring handles from which are suspended loose rings; on the neck, above each handle, archaic birds in high relief. The cover, carved with a band of archaic animal design, is surmounted by a heavy lotus finial. On the low flaring base four shallowly incised flanges insipired by the .. Former Classification: Jade — Covered vase, 18th century
China

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The small gui with large handles issuing from animal masks, the rounded sides with raised bosses and geometric design, the stone of dull color, carved. — Vessel in the shape of a bronze gui, 19th century
China

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the boulder with unusual color used in the carving, the goose with head sharply turned, shown enveloped in lotus plants, with one large leaf using the green color of the stone and several flowers using the russet markings, on a carved base of swirling waves; carved of gray-green stone with brown markings. Former Classification: Jade — Goose, 16th century
China

G210

grayish white stone with brown markings; the thin boulder carved in high relief with a figure riding on a donkey followed by an attendant carrying an umbrella in a rustic landscape, the reverse with a similar landscape and ancient pine tree, the cloudy stone with russet coloring added over mottled patches. Former Classification: Jade — Traveling in Autumn Mountains, 17th-18th century
China

G210

The large central shallow bowl carved in the form of a Ruyi head, with smaller bowls and fungus and bat motifs around the edge, the dull gray-green stone with cloudy russet markings. Former Classification: Jade — Brush Washer, 16th-17th century
China

G210

The rock with one section ground to show the dark spinach-green color underneath the fray skin. Former Classification: Jade — Jade Boulder, 19th century
China

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The globular body raised on a splayed foot with projecting animal mask and loose ring handles on either side of the rim, the globular body and domed cover pierced and carved with chrysanthemum and other floral scroll, the finial in the form of a coiled dragon surrounded by three reclining rams, the stone with brown rivering. Former Classification: Jade — Covered Incense Burner, 19th century
China

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Carved of 'bloodstone,' bowenite with light green/brown ground and heavy striations of 'blood' red. The finial carved in the form of a Divine Tortoise, in whose nature the qualities of the dragon and tortoise are combined, symbolic of a wish for longevity. — Stone Seals, 18th-19th century
China

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Carved with two cylinders resting on a base joined by a winged lion or bear with a phoenix holding a loose ring in its beak standing on the animal's head, with its wings displayed joining the two vase, carved overall with archaistic bronze-style ornament including taotie masks and pointed leaves, the twin cover joined by a coiled dragon finial; the stone is flawed with brown markings, rivering, and old cracks; the tops have been tacky waxed to the vases and may come loose. Former Classification: Jade — Champion's Vase (Ying-hsiung), 18th-19th century
China

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The opaque brown and cloudy tan-colored jade apparently burned in a fire, the shallow bowl with deeply rounded sides carved on the exterior and interior with butterflies and melon vine. Broken in two pieces and restored. Former Classification: Jade — Bowl, 17th century
China

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thinly carved in the form of a rhinoceros horn cup, the shallow bowl with a dragon in relief climbimg over ther rim, the stone of reddish-brown and white color. Former Classification: Jade — Wine Cup, 12th-13th century
China

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Carved with a dragon's head at the base, with another dragon climbing at the side to form the handle, the grey-green stone with brown andblack markings, crudely carved with archaistic scrollwork. Flaw chip at rim. Weatherd at one side more greatly than the other. Former Classification: Jade — Rhyton, 13th century
China

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Stone Seal, 18th-19th century

China

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Decorative Button for a Turban, 18th century

India

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