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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘DOUBLE DEER’ A RARE PALE GREEN JADE Provenance: an American private collection,
BRUSHREST ‘CHAMPION’ VASE acquired prior to 1967.
Ming Dynasty Ming Dynasty
Naturalistically carved with the larger deer Carved in the form of two cylindrical 來源：美國私人舊藏，1967年以前入藏
sleek-horned and recumbent, facing the receptacles, each with a broad band of
younger fawn, both with finely-spotted mane raised bosses between a band of low-relief Vases of this form are known as ‘champion
and surrounded by leafy gnarled branches chilong pattern and stylised ruyi-heads, vases’, which refers to the vessel’s double-
of lingzhi fungi draping naturalistically over all linked together by a heavenly bird with tubular compartments connected by an
and around their bodies, the stone of pale outstretched wings and a circular ring eagle (ying) and a bear (xiong). The word
translucent green tone speckled with brown suspended from its beak, standing on a ying and xiong form the pun on the word
inclusions, wood stand. crouching beast emerging between the for ‘champion’ or ‘hero’. In form, the vase
14.7cm (5 3/4in) long. (2). bases, the tail feathers of each visible on the was inspired by earlier bronzes, such as the
reverse and linked by a handle decorated Tang dynasty ‘champion’ vase shown in the
£2,500 - 3,500 with bosses, the lustrous stone of an even Xiqing Gujian, 1751, illustrated by M.Wilson,
CNY23,000 - 32,000 pale-green tone with russet inclusions. Chinese Jades, London, 2004, p.106,
7.3cm (2 7/8in) high. pl.107.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 £8,000 - 12,000 Compare with four related pale green jade
CNY72,000 - 110,000 ‘champion’ vases, Ming dynasty, two from
明 青白玉雕雙鹿筆擱 the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
Please note this Lot is to be sold at Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Compare with a related jade brushrest in the No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Museum: Jade, vol.7 Beijing, 2011,
form of a deer, Ming dynasty, illustrated in nos.214-217.
the Compendium of Collections in the Palace 明 玉雕「英雄」合巹杯
Museum: Jade, 6, Beijing, 2011, no.64; see
also another jade ‘deer’ brushrest, 16th/17th
century, illustrated by S.Makariou, Jade: from
Emperors to Art Deco Paris, 2016, no.101.

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