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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF MAGU A RARE VERY PALE GREEN JADE ‘LADY AND BOY’ GROUP
18th century Kangxi
The immortal finely attired in elegant robes, with a gentle expression Crisply carved as a lady Immortal standing with a blossoming flower in
beneath an elaborate coiffure, the head tilting to rest on the handle her left hand and a basket overflowing with peaches on her right hand,
of the large peach-filled flower basket carried in the left arm, the right a sprig of peaches spilling over the exquisitely detailed basket held in
hand holding a lingzhi in front of the chest, a long-tailed phoenix the hands of a small boy by her side, the stone of pale green tone.
standing on one leg with its crest against the basket and tail sweeping 11cm (4 1/3in) high.
upward toward the lingzhi, the stone of pale green tone with white and
russet inclusions. £2,000 - 4,000
13cm (5 1/8in) high. CNY18,000 - 36,000
£1,000 - 1,500 Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
CNY9,000 - 14,000
清康熙 青白玉仕女執花籃立像
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
The lady carrying a basket of peaches may be identified as Magu,
十八世紀 青玉雕麻姑獻壽擺件 the Daoist Goddess of Longevity, also known as ‘Hemp Lady’. She
is generally depicted as a young female holding a basket of life-
The present carving of Magu is imbued with symbols such as the granting peaches, or a jar containing the elixir of longevity, and is often
phoenix and lingzhi, identifying and emphasising her as the Goddess of accompanied either by a young servant boy or a spotted deer.
Longevity. Compare with a figure with similarly-carved robes and pose
holding lingzhi, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace For a related jade carving of a lady with attendant grasping peaches,
Museum: Jade. Qing Dynasty, Vol.8, Beijing, 2011, no.259. see the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 8,
Beijing, 2011, pl.273.
See a related jade figure of Magu, Qianlong, which was sold at
Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2019, lot 255. See also a related white jade figure of a female Immortal, 18th century,
which was sold at Christie’s 16 March 2015, lot 3050.

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