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154 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品
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A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF TWO LADY
MUSICIANS
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic Period
Crisply carved from an attractive pale stone
with cloudy inclusions as two ladies with serene
expressions and long flowing robes, one lady seated
on a barrel-shaped chair holds a pipa, while the
lady standing holds a sheng, or reed pipe, both with
intricately carved topknots, wood stand.
12.6cm (5in) high (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000
CNY28,000 - 46,000

清末/民國 青白玉仕女奏樂擺件

Provenance: an English private collection,
assembled in Hong Kong from 1967-1989, and
thence by descent

來源： 英國私人收藏，於1967至1989年期間蒐於
香港，並由後人保存迄今

155
A BLACK AND GREY ‘XIWANGMU AND EIGHT
IMMORTALS’ JADE BOULDER
18th century
The stone of mottled black and grey tone,
ingeniously carved in varying relief depicting the
Eight Daoist Immortals gathering to celebrate the
birthday of Xiwangmu holding a peach above a
terrace overlooking Zhang Guolao carrying a fish-
drum, Cao Guojiu holding castanets, Lan Caihe with
a basket of flowers, Han Xiangzi playing the flute
above the deeply carved alcove, He Xiangu carrying
lotus, Li Tieguai with crutch, Lu Dongbin and Zhongli
Quan, all set in a rocky mountain landscape of pines
and peach trees, the reverse with a deer, crane,
waterfall and sprays of lingzhi fungus.
15cm (5 7/8in) high

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000
CNY37,000 - 55,000

十八世紀 墨玉八仙祝壽山子

Provenance: an English private collection,
assembled in Hong Kong from 1967-1989, and
thence by descent

來源： 英國私人收藏，於1967至1989年期間蒐於
香港，並由後人保存迄今

Xi Wangmu, literally the Queen Mother of the West is
often depicted within her palace on the mythological
Mount Kunlun, which is supposedly in the far fringes
of western China. Her palace was believed to be a
paradise where the Daoist Immortals gathered to
celebrate her birthday, thus making this carving a
particularly suitable and auspicious birthday gift.