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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A SUPERB LARGE WHITE JADE ᪺̗㡳 Ⅾἕᝦ㟛ⅯಡᏉͭ
'POMEGRANATE AND BOYS' GROUP ⎊ℱ卿⛁㵲஋㫌⒢ᦂ⛐ຽǯ⒢ᦂംᆨ㎒┣㬖߅៧༰៨⶟∪
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) ⥴卿Ӭ⛐ຽᗫ㑸ᙻ៨ჾ卿⣺ᔍ៨ჾ֛⒢ᦂӳ卿औӬ⛐ຽᗫ㑸
The jade is finely carved in the round to depict two boys ᙻ⒢ᦂ㮱⛘卿ӬᏛ⣺ᔍ៨⶟卿ӬᏛᑥൈዪǯݦ՞㬷჌⛮༏卿
clambering up the sides of a pair of large ripe pomegranates ዕ՞੧ዴǯ⒢ᦂӬ៧അຽ卿ᭆ㧿⻢ս઀Ǹഅຽǹइݯຽ໑⥝
growing from a gnarled leafy bough, the boy seated on top resting ル⣱ᅠӶᙷԠम▼༡ዪǯ
a ruyi sceptre over his shoulder. The semi-translucent stone is of a
creamy-white tone. ϝᬝ
6ƒ in. (16.5 cm.) long, stand ৌ⁞ᝩ֖ܿⅧ⻦卿㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ 卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
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HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-770,000
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PROVENANCE
Important Chinese Jades From the Personal Collection of Alan and ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ⽚
Simone Hartman, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November ᯳೥㯀⧻ワ㱦卿 ჺ ᝲ ჺ ᝲ
2006, lot 1397
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EXHIBITED
3PHFS ,FWFSOF卻⤔卼卿Ƕ+BEFǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
3PCFSU ,MFJOFS卿Ƕ$IJOFTF +BEFT GSPN UIF $PMMFDUJPO PG "MBO BOE
LITERATURE
4JNPOF )BSUNBOǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚
Roger Keverne (ed.), Jade, London, 1991, p. 152, fig. 59
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 174
The two boys represented here could very well be the mythical Hehe
Erxian twins who are symbolic of harmony and happiness, and were
a popular subject-matter in Chinese art for their mischievous yet
endearing countenances. The pomegranate, which is one of the 'Three
Abundances', is a symbol of fertility, as its numerous seeds are likened
to having many children. Together, the pomegranate and the heavenly
twins, form an auspicious image of happiness and fecundity, reinforced
by the presence of the ruyi which translates as "as you wish".

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