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167 The lady carrying a basket of peaches may be identified as Magu,
A FINE PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A LADY AND BOY the Daoist Goddess of Longevity, also known as “hemp lady”. She is
18th century in fact generally depicted as a young female holding a basket of life-
Crisply carved as a lady standing with a blossoming flower in her left granting peaches, or a jar containing the elixir of longevity, and is often
hand and a basket overflowing with peaches on her right hand, a sprig accompanied either by a young servant boy or a spotted deer.
of peaches spilling over the exquisitely detailed basket held in the
hands of a small boy by her side, the stone of pale green tone. For a related jade carving of a lady with attendant grasping peaches,
11cm (4 1/3in) high see the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 8,
Beijing, 2011, pl.273.
£20,000 - 30,000
HK$220,000 - 330,000 CNY180,000 - 280,000

十八世紀 青白玉仕女執花籃立像