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A RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ORNAMENT OF A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘BADGERS AND LINGZHI’
GARUDA CARVING
Ming Dynasty Qianlong
Finely carved as a Garuda, a mythological bird, crouching with wings Delicately carved in the form of two recumbent badgers with clawed
splayed and the tail fanned out, arms issuing from the front, the feet and heads turned to face one another, laying on a spray of foliate
characters for sun and moon on the back, small holes for attachment lingzhi grasping another branch in their mouth, their bodies detailed
on the reverse, the stone of pale green tone with russet highlights. with prominent ribs, the pale green stone accentuated with russet
5cm (2in) long inclusions to highlight the lingzhi leaves, wood stand.
6cm (2 3/8in) wide (2).

£8,000 - 12,000 CNY73,000 - 110,000 £8,000 - 12,000
HK$88,000 - 130,000 HK$88,000 - 130,000

CNY73,000 - 110,000

明 青白玉帶皮迦樓羅把件 清乾隆 白玉帶皮雙獾銜靈把件

Compare with a related jade carving of Garuda in the Palace Museum Provenance: an English private collection, acquired mid 20th century,
Collection in Beijing, dated to the Liao or Yuan dynasties, illustrated and thence by descent
by Zhou Nanquan, Gu yu ren shen xian fo juan, Tainan, 1995, pl.263.
Another Yuan dynasty jade ornament of garuda is illustrated in Beijing 來源： 英國私人收藏，購於二十世紀中葉，並由後人保存迄今
wenwu jingcui da xi: Yu qi juan, Beijing, 2002, p.137, no.135.

Occurring in association with the lingzhi fungus, growing in the
Immortal realms, the pair of badgers, homophone of happiness,
convey the auspicious wish for joy, longevity and conjugal union.
Compare a related white jade ‘double-badger’ group from the Tuyet
Nguyet Collection, illustrated by H.K.F.Hui and T.Y. Pang, Virtuous
Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, Hong Kong, 2007,
no.103.

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