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PROPERTY FROM THE ALAN AND SIMONE
HARTMAN COLLECTION
246
A GREY AND BEIGE JADE 'ELEPHANT AND
BOYS' GROUP
18th century
Carved as a wrinkled elephant with its head turned
to the right and standing atop a boulder above a
whirling pool of water with delicately incised waves,
accompanied by three boys clambering on its back,
and a figure holding a box at the front, the stone a
mottled grey hue with black inclusions.
5 7/8in (15cm) long; wood stand
$3,000 - 5,000
十八世紀 灰玉雕童子洗象擺飾
Provenance:
The Collection of T.B. Walker, Minneapolis 245
Published:
L.J. Davidson, Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection
at the Walker Art Center Minneapolis, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, 1950, no. 126
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection
of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.
219, no. 169
來源
明尼亞波利斯 T.B. Walker 舊藏
出版
L.J. Davidson 著， Jades of the T.B. Walker
Collection at the Walker Art Center Minneapolis，明
尼亞波利斯，明尼蘇達州，1950 年，图版編號 126
Robert Kleiner 著，Chinese Jades from the
Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman，香
港，1996 年，頁 219, 編號 169
The depiction of boys tending to an elephant carries
profound symbolism and auspiciousness. The
phrase 'ride an elephant' (qi xiang 騎象) sounds
similar to 'good fortune' (ji xiang 吉祥), adding
layers of meaning. Additionally, the boy cleaning the 246
elephant with a broom, sao xiang (掃象), creates a
pun as 'elephant' (xiang 象) shares pronunciation
with 'image'. This symbolizes the Buddhist concept
of sweeping away worldly illusions.
A similar scene of washing the elephant can be
found on a jade group in the Palace Museum,
Beijing, see Zhang Guangwen, ed., Gugong
bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji: yuqi,
xia[Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Jade, III], Beijing, 1996, p. 118, cat. no.
98.
PROPERTY FROM THE ALAN AND SIMONE
HARTMAN COLLECTION
247 ¤
A MOTTLED JADE 'EAR' CUP
17th century
Of ovoid section, the curved walls supported on a
short oval foot, the exterior body decorated with a
band of stylized scrolls below the rim bearing incised
key-fret patterns, one side flanked by a loop handle
topped with a taotie mask, the stone a mottled
green hue with dark brown veins and inclusions.
3 3/4in (9.5cm) long
$1,500 - 2,500 247
十七世紀 仿古獸鈕柄玉耳盃
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本
拍品不設底價
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