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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品 The quality of the present yellow jade carving is a testament to the superb
craftmanship of the master carver, from the choice of the yellow honey-
119 chestnut coloured stone, to its clever use, reserving the chestnut-russet areas
A rare yellow jade figure of a boy on an elephant for the exterior of the boy and elephant and revealing the yellow jade at the
17th century front of the pebble and to the refined carving bringing to life the figure with
The yellow jade finely carved with a boy, his curly hair adorned with a minutely carved detailed hair with flowing curls and crowning diadem, to
diadem, clutching a gnarled ruyi sceptre and a leafy spray of nandina the sumptuous spray of nandina, with each berry individually carved, and
while clambering over the back of an elephant, the yellow stone undulating naturalistic curves of the lingzhi fungus.
retaining areas of warm chestnut-toned skin.
6cm (2½in) high The elephant is associated with the mythical Emperor Shun, one of
£3,000 - 5,000 the twenty-four paragons of filial piety and is also the mount for the
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000 Buddhist deity Samantabhadra. A boy climbing or riding an elephant
symbolises the wish for good fortune.
Provenance: an English private collection and thence by descent

十七世紀 黃玉雕胡人騎象

來源：英國私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去

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