A WHITE JADE OPENWORK 'BAT' ARCHER'S RING, MID-QING DYNASTY
China, 18th century. Deftly carved in openwork with a bat to one side and a cherry blossom to the other, surrounded by leaves and scrolling vines. The translucent stone is of an even white tone.

Provenance: Estate of Sear Hang Hwie Pao (1937-2009). Old collector's label '747 895' to interior. Pao was one of Canada's leading dealers of Chinese porcelain and works of art. His antique store, Pao & Moltke Ltd., owned together with his wife Mrs. von Moltke, who descended from a German and Danish noble family, was a fixture in Toronto's trendy Yorkville area from the 1980s to early 2000s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.

Weight: 26.6 g
Dimensions: Height 2.7 cm, Diameter 3.4 cm

Auction comparison: Compare a related white jade archer's ring, also carved in openwork but with a chilong and lingzhi, at Sotheby's Hong Kong, in The Muwen Tang Collection of Chinese Jades, on 1 December 2016, lot 7, sold for HKD 137,500, and another, dated to the Qianlong period, at Christie's New York, in Dongxi Studio, Important Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings from a Distinguished Private Collection, on 17 March 2016, lot 956, sold for USD 40,000.

清代中期白玉鏤雕福壽圖扳指
中國，十八世紀。巧妙鏤空雕刻，一側是蝙蝠，另一側是櫻花，滿雕纏枝卷草紋。均匀半透明的白玉。

來源：Sear Hang Hwie Pao (1937-2009) 收藏。Pao是加拿大中國瓷器和藝術品的主要經銷商之一。 他和妻子創立了Pao＆Moltke Ltd古玩店，他們的古玩店從1980年代到2000年代初期曾是多倫多時尚的Yorkville地區的熱門店鋪。
品相：狀況極好，輕微磨損。

重量：26.6 克
尺寸：高2.7 厘米, 直徑3.4 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相近白玉扳指，鏤空雕刻《蒼龍教子圖》見香港蘇富比, The Muwen Tang Collection of Chinese Jades 2016年12月1日 lot 7, 售價HKD 137,500; 另一件為乾隆年，見紐約佳士得, Dongxi Studio, Important Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings from a Distinguished Private Collection 2016年3月17日lot 956, 售價USD 40,000。