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A LARGE WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE ‘BUDDHA’S HAND’ For other white jade examples of 'Buddha's hand citron', see the two
CITRON illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and
18TH CENTURY Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 253-4, nos. 202 and 203; and
another included in the exhibition, The Minor Arts of China, IV, Spink,
The multi-fingered Buddha's hand citron is borne on a leafy branch that London, 1989, p. 124, no. 174. Jade carvings of this form have also been
also bears a smaller citron. The softly polished white stone has some readily adapted as vases. See, for example, a pale celadon jade vase in
russet coloring.
the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by J. Rawson
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) long in Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Oriental Ceramic Society, London,
1975, p. 123, no. 406; and a large yellow jade vase in the collection of
$30,000-50,000 the Palace Museum, Beijing, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 64, no. 52.
清十八世紀 白玉大佛手
