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Lot 25

Two jade figures

11 November 2010, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,280 inc. premium

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Two jade figures

The God of Longevity, carved with a prominent cranium, holding in one hand a gnarled staff with a double gourd tied to its finial and in the other a peach, looking down, wearing a flowing robe tied with a ribbon, with his shoes protruding underneath, the stone of pale green tone with russet inclusions, 17th century, wood stand, 10cm (4in) high; together with a carving of two boys, with the older boy holding a lotus sprig over his shoulders and a pearl, and the younger holding a bird, the stone of white tone, 17th/18th century, wood stand, 5.4cm (2⅛in) high
(4).

Footnotes

Provenance: an English private collection

Compare a related jade carving of Shoulao and deer, attributed to the Ming Dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pl.214.

The carving of the two boys is a pun on liansheng guizi 'may you continuously give birth to distinguished sons'.

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