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A WHITE JADE RETICULATED ‘NINE
ELDERS OF FRAGRANT HILL’ PARFUMIER
WITH SPINACH-GREEN JADE STOPPERS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The white jade cylinder is carved with nine aged scholars in a
mountainous landscape, some playing chess, some conversing,
some admiring the waterfall, all within a pierced ground with
overhanging rocks, gnarled pine and wutong trees. The spinach jade
cover is carved with pierced coin motifs, and the base with two
rows of lotus petals.
9 œ/”ÿ in. (24 cm.) high, box
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000
The current parfumier is superbly carved with the subject matter of
the 'Nine Elders of Fragrant Hill', in reference to the Tang poet Bai
Juyi (772-846) and his group of friends, who in retirement resided at
the Fragrant Hill Temple in the city of Luoyang. Compare a reticulated
celadon jade parfumier of similar size with spinach-green jade stoppers
and carved with Daoist Immortals, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30
May 2012, lot 4210.

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