Page 26 - 2019 September 10th Sotheby's Important Chinese Art Jades, Met Museum Irving Collection NYC

6 㶭 䘥 A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE
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昮ġġġ 晽 ‘PEACH AND POMEGRANATE’
䤷 GROUP
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⣂ QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
⫸ Þ nely carved in the round as a ripe peach and pomegranate
㒢 borne on gnarled leafy branches, two bats perched on the large
ẞ peach, the pomegranate skin split open to reveal seeds, the
stone an even, translucent white with a hint of pale celadon
undertone and patches of orange-russet, wood stand (2)

Width 4⅝ in., 12 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 19th October 1981. ŐųŪŦůŵŢŭġœŢųŪŵŪŦŴġĩłŭŢůġʼnŢųŵŮŢůĪ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹIJ⸜
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) IJı㚰IJĺ㖍
Irving, no. 367. ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
The imagery in the present carving conveys many auspicious 㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇Ĵķĸ
wishes including longevity, abundance, fertility, and blessings.
A jade ‘peach and bat’ group, similar in composition but with a
second peach replacing the pomegranate, sold in these rooms,
20th March 2019, lot 599. See also examples sold in our Hong
Kong rooms, 1st June 2017, lot 45, and 29th November 2018,
lot 769. White and russet jade carvings of pomegranates also
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 1st June 2017, lot 13, and in our
London rooms, 17th May 2019, lot 252. Compare also a celadon
jade ‘pomegranate’ group, sold Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th May
2013, lot 1945.
$ 20,000-30,000

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