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A QING DYNASTY WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘BAT
AND LOTUS’ GROUP
White jade with sparse russet inclusions, smooth surface
polish
China, Qing Dynasty

This fine white jade pebble combines the two auspicious
motifs of the lotus and the bat in an ornate composition.
The carving in openwork is of high quality and the
very sparse russet inclusions add to the overall elegant
appearance. This example could either be used as a
paperweight or worn as a pendant.
Shape: Figural, longish shape with reticulation
Dimensions: 7,2 cm (height), 4,2 cm (length), 2,5 cm
(width)
Condition: Good condition with fine hand patina and few
tiny notches
Provenance: American Private collection

Literature comparison: Sotheby’s, PLAYTHINGS FROM THE
COLLECTION OF EDWARD T. CHOW, CHINESE CERAMICS
AND WORKS OF ART, 27 MAY 2014, HONG KONG lot 73
(for a white and russet jade carving with a similar subject
and of the same period and size).

㶭ẋ䘥䌱Ⱦ圁圈丷㝅ȿ
⑩䚠列⤥炻⊭㻧䳘兑炻⸦嗽庽⽖䡽䡘
伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
Estimate EUR 500,- 28
Starting price EUR 250,- A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE JADE GROUP Shape: Sculptural
OF FINGER CITRONS, QING DYNASTY, 18TH Dimensions: 9 cm (height)
27 CENTURY Condition: Excellent
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AN 18 CENTURY CELADON AND RUSSET JADE White jade of high purity, with a good patina Provenance: American private collection
‘PEACH AND BATS’ PEBBLE and smooth surface finish
Light celadon color jade with russet inclusions, smooth China, Qianlong period 1736-1795 Literature comparison: Compare further
surface polish examples of finger citron, such as one in
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China, 18 century or possibly earlier The naturalistically carved ‘Buddha’s hand’ the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, illustrated
attached to a leafy gnarled stalk suspending a in James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the
This jade pebble is carved in the shape of a peach with smaller attendant fruit, its ‘fingers’ extending Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle,
a little bat sitting on it and which is carved in high relief. sinuously and mingling at their tips, the 1989, pl. 79; another in the Alan and Simone
Natural russet color inclusions in the material have been translucent stone of an attractive even white Hartman collection, illustrated in Robert
used to highlight the creature and the darker colored tip color. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection
of the fruit. of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong,
A remarkable aspect of this carving is that both 1996, pl. 202; a third one in the Muwen Tang
The peach is a symbol of longevity, and the word for fruits are rendered in an early state of decay, Collection of Chinese Jades. Sotheby’s, Hong
st
bat in Chinese is fu which is a homophone for ‘blessing’. with their original form still being fully intact, Kong, December 1 ,2016, lot 11.
Together the bat and peach form ‘fushou shuang quan’, a but the skin already showing some insect bite Naturalistic ‘insect bite’ carving
wish for good fortune and long life. and related signs of deterioration. By adding 㶭ẋ⋩ℓᶾ䲨䘥䌱晽⇣ἃㇳ ġto Jade surface
these minor yet clever details, the artist has 䘥䌱炻檀䲼炻⊭㻧䳘兑炻堐朊⃱㹹 ġ
Shape: Figural rounded shape, two holes for suspension breathed more life into his work than seen on ᷕ⚳炻Ḧ昮(1736-1795) ġ
Dimensions: 5,2 cm (height), 6,5 cm (length), 2,7 cm (width) most other depictions of this subject matter. ġ
Condition: Good condition with extensive hand patina 冒䃞⛘晽⇣䘬“ἃㇳ”忋㍍叿ᶨᾳ㝅叱䷩努䘬䰿 ⯢⮠烉檀9 cm
Provenance: American private collection, collector’s Exquisitely modelled and polished to a smooth 匾炻ㆠ㍃叿庫⮷䘬⮷㝄⮎炻⬫䘬“ㇳ㊯”⮾䪗⺞Ỡ ⑩䚠㤝⤥
number to underside yet highly tactile finish, the present piece is an ᷎㶟⎰⛐ᶨ崟ˤ忁⟲䘥䌱⋲德㖶㤝℟忁⏠⺽≃ˤ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
impressive display of the technical expertise of 㔯䌣⍫侫烉℞Ṿἃㇳἄ⑩炻⎗夳大晭⚾伶埻棐炻
Literature comparison: Sotheby’s, QING DYNASTY JADES craftsmen working during the Qianlong period. 征ẞ晽⇣ἄ⑩䘬ᶨ᷒㗦䛨䈡䁡㗗炻᷌䥵㝄⭆悥⢬ 啷⑩↢䇰ḶJames C.Y. Watt˪大晭⚾伶埻棐ᷕ⚳
FROM A HONG KONG COLLECTION, 01 JUNE 2017, HONG The Buddha’s hand citron, which takes its name Ḷ堘侩䘬㖑㛇䉞⾩炻℞⍇⥳⼊⾩⬴⤥㖈㌇炻Ữ堐 䌱☐㓞啷˫炻大晭⚾炻1989, ⚾ 79烊℞Ṿ⤪ Alan
KONG, lot 45 (for a comparable peach and bat group, yet from the shape of its fruit that resembles the 䙖⶚乷↢䍘ᶨṃ㖮嘓⎖⑔␴䚠ㅱ䘬堘侩御尉ˤ and Simone Hartman collection, ↢䇰Ḷ Robert
of larger size) idealized digit-form fingers of the Buddha, 忂彯⡆≈征ṃ⮷Ữ奨⮇䳘⽖䘬乮刪炻刢㛗⭞ᷢṾ Kleiner ˪Ἦ冒Alan and Simone Hartman㓞啷䘬
has a strong fragrance and is used as an altar 䘬ἄ⑩㲐ℍḮ㚜⣂䘬䓇␥炻侴ᶵ㗗⤪℞Ṿ⣏⣂㔘 ᷕ⚳䌱☐˫楁㷗炻1996, ⚾ 202; 䫔ᶱẞ⛐ ˪Ḽ⽟
⋩ℓᶾ䲨曺䌱Ⱦ䤷⢥ȿⰙ⫸ offering during the New Year celebration. Ṣ⮡征᷒ᷣ桀䘬⇣䔓ˤ ⅘㶭—㰸㔯➪啷ᷕ⚳䌱晽˫炻喯⭴㭼炻楁㷗炻2016
⑩䚠列⤥炻⣏朊䧵䳘兑⊭㻧 The first character of its name fo, is a pun for ⸜12㚰1㖍炻11嘇㉵⑩ˤ
伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻䌱ㆺℭ“⎗夳啷⭞䶐嘇 fu (‘blessings’ and ‘riches’), while the second 䘥䌱堐朊⃱㽌䳘兑炻忁ẞἄ⑩㗗Ḧ昮㗪㛇ⶍ⋈Ᾱ
character, shou, is homophonous for longevity. 䘬檀㸃晽⇣㈨埻ẌṢ⌘尉㶙⇣䘬慵䎦ˤ Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Estimate EUR 500,- Fitted hardwood base. 晐⼊侴晽 Starting price EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-

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