Three Carved Stone Items, China, a yellow jade brush washer in the shape of a rolled lotus leaf; a pale celadon jade carving of a seated foo lion with a stalk of lingzhi mushrooms in its mouth, mounted on an openwork wood stand; and a jadeite bird (damage to tip of tail), with a conforming carved wood stand, stone carving ht. to 3 1/8, wd. to 3 7/8 in.

Provenance: The estate of Ernest Helides.
Estimate $300-500

bird with chips to tail, lion with chips to wood stand.


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