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2018 Autumn Auctions
Exquisite Beauty of Archaic Jade Carvings from a San Francisco Private Collection

1078
An Archaic Jade 'Silkworm' Carving(Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 771 BC))

5 cm. (1.9 in.) long


Naturalistically worked in the form of a silkworm, its flexible body arched in simulating movement and mouth wide open on one end, the stone of a pale green tone with Russet inclusions.

Provenance: An American private collection, acquired in the 1980s

Price estimate:
HKD: 30,000 - 50,000
USD: 3,820 - 6,370

Auction Result:
HKD : 259,600

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