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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A ‘FISHERMAN
AND BOY’ GROUP
18th century
Skilfully carved as an elderly fisherman carrying a
woven basket, leaping on crashing and foaming
waves beside a quail, accompanied by a boy
attendant holding a lotus spray, the stone of an even
pale tone, wood stand and box.
7cm (2 3/4in) high (3).
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY70,000 - 110,000

十八世紀 白玉雕漁夫童子
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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF THE
‘HEHE ERXIAN’
18th century
Crisply carved with the twins in loose flowing robes
and jovial expressions, one of the twins kneeling
153 with a box in his hands, the other holding a spray of
lotus extending over his left shoulder, an auspicious
bat on his right shoulder, both with shaved crowns
and finely-incised hair, the stone of even pale-white
tone with light russet inclusions.
5cm (2in) wide.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000
十八世紀 白玉雕和合二仙把件

155 *
A VERY PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
CARVING OF LIU HAI AND GOURD
Qianlong
Finely carved with Liu Hai riding a large double gourd
borne on a trailing leafy stem above cresting waves,
the Immortal’s face turned to one side with a joyful
expression, holding a ball in his right hand as if about
to throw it at the three-legged toad behind him, the
stone of very pale green tone with russet inclusions.
8.2cm (3 3/8in) long.
£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 70,000
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清乾隆 青白玉帶皮劉海抱葫蘆擺件

Provenance: Christie’s London, 24 May 1966, lot 143
Bonhams London, 10 November 2016, lot 81
A distinguished Hong Kong private collection

來源：倫敦佳士得，1966年5月24日，拍品編號143
倫敦邦瀚斯，2016年11月10日，拍品編號81
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Liu Hai and his three-legged toad are symbolic of
wealth and prosperity. The Chinese word for ‘toad’ is
chan (蟾); and in some dialects, the character chan is
a homophone to the character for ‘money’ or qian (
錢). Thus, in a dialect, one could easily hear ‘Liu Hai
playing with the toad’ as ‘Liu Hai playing with gold
coins’. The shape of a double-gourd was particularly
favoured for its auspicious association with fertility
and longevity. Since the bottle gourd contains
numerous seeds, it could be used to symbolise
a lineage with many descendants; hence the
present carving bears auspicious wishes for wealth,
prosperity, continuity of the family and longevity.
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