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A white jade carving of two badgers
Qianlong

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

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A white jade carving of two badgers

Qianlong
The two animals jointly feeding from a single leafy sprig of lingzhi fungus, the stone of even white tone with russet inclusions cleverly used to highlight the heads, wood stand. 5.6cm (2¼in) wide (2).

Footnotes

Provenance: an Italian private collection.

Compare a related white jade 'double-badger' group from the Tuyet Nguyet collection, illustrated by H.K.F.Hui and T.Y. Pang, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2007, Catalogue no.103, where it is noted that two badgers, Shuanghuan, are a pun on conjugal joy.

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