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十七/十八世紀 白玉雕雙鶴銜桃擺件

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter
Exhibition, London, 2012, no.79.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，
編號79

See a related jade carving of cranes and peach, 18th century,
illustrated by J.C.S.Lin, The Immortal Stone: Chinese jades from the
Neolithic period to the twentieth century, London, 2009, no.45.
Compare also with a related pale green jade ‘double crane and peach’
group, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May
2019, lot 53.

220 Y
A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF AN EGRET AND LOTUS
18th century
Crisply carved as a roosting egret, its head turned sharply to the side
grasping a lotus blossom in its long curving beak, with finely-detailed
wings on the sides, resting on a large lotus leaf, the stone of even pale
green-white tone, wood stand. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) long. (2).
219
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 青白玉雕「一路連科」把件

Provenance: an English private collection
Bonhams London, 10 November 2011, lot 342

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2012, no.70.

來源：英國私人舊藏
倫敦邦瀚斯，2011年11月10日，拍品編號342

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，
編號70

The egret (lu 鷺) and lotus (hehua 荷花) form the rebus for ‘prosperity
throughout one’s life’ (yilu ronghua 一路榮華). A related jade carving
of a crane and peaches, is illustrated in In Pursuit of Antiquities: 40th
Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 2001,
p.208, no.101. See a similar white and russet jade carving of a crane,
18th century, formerly in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the Florence
and Herbert Irving Gift, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 10
September 2019, lot 103. 220

221
A PALE GREEN JADE ‘DOUBLE RAM’ GROUP
17th/18th century
The fine group depicting a large ram carved recumbent with its head
turned towards the left, grasping a spray of lingzhi in its mouth, flanked
by a smaller ram tucked alongside raising its head, the smoothly
polished stone of even pale green colour flecked with russet inclusions.
7cm (2 6/8in) wide.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十七/十八世紀 青白玉雕雙羊銜靈

See a related pale green jade ‘three-ram’ group, Qing dynasty,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade, 9 Beijing, 2011, no.143; another illustrated in Tianjin Shi Yishu
Bowuguan Cang Yu, Tianjing, 1993, no.214; and see another example
in Great National Treasures of China: Special Exhibition in Kaohsiung
City Loaned by the National Palace Museum’s Seventieth Anniversary,
Taipei, 1994, no.58.

See a related ‘chicken bone’ jade double-ram group, 17th century,
which was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 10 September 2019, lot 97. 221
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