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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
213
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘AUBERGINE’
PENDANT
18TH CENTURY
The pendant is carved in the round as a large
aubergine with two smaller aubergines growing
from a leafy openwork intertwined calyx. The
largest vegetable is carved with a beetle climbing
up the lower section. The stone is of an even pale
tone with some faint russet inclusions.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 $8,500-11,000
€6,900-9,200

PROVENANCE
From a private French collection.
LITERATURE
Marchant, 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese
Jades from Tang to Qing, London, 2010, p. 91, no.
65.

清十八世紀 青白玉茄子把件
來源:法國私人舊藏;英國私人珍藏
出版:倫敦2010年Marchant編《85th
Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese
Jades from Tang to Qing》,第91頁,圖65

*214
A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE
‘PEACH AND BATS’ CARVING
18TH CENTURY
The group is fnely carved as a fowering leafy
branch with a large peach beside a smaller one.
There are two bats to the top of the larger peach.
The stone is of a pale celadon tone with some
russet inclusions.
5√ in. (15 cm.) wide
£6,000-8,000 $8,500-11,000
€6,900-9,200

The combination of peaches and bats is a very
popular subject in the arts of the Qing dynasty. As
peaches denote longevity and bats happiness, the
subject is imbued with auspicious connotations.
The combination of both represents the blessing
‘may you possess both longevity and happiness’.

清十八世紀 青白玉雕福壽雙全擺件

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