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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A LADY IMMORTAL
IN A SHELL
17th/18th century
The shell with naturalistic ridges open to reveal a lady Immortal,
wearing diaper-ground adorned robes with a billowing celestial
scarf, holding aloft an open wicker box and cover surmounted
by a pearl, the stone of white tone with chestnut and mottled
inclusions, box. 6.1cm (2 3/8in) wide (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

十七/十八世紀 白玉雕貝形飛天佩

Provenance: Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 8 June 2011, lot 242
(part lot)
Durwin Tang Collection

來源：巴黎Drouot-Richelieu拍賣行，2011年6月8日，拍品編
號242（之一）
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Compare with a related jade carving of a boy with a billowing
scarf on lingzhi fungus sprays, Ming dynasty, unearthed from
Xilin Pagoda, Songjiang, Shanghai, illustrated in Shanghai
Museum Ancient Chinese Jade Gallery, Shanghai, p.37. The
unusual composition would seem to be inspired by Tang
dynasty jade carvings of apsaras, which are often carved as
flying female deities framed by billowing scarves; see two
examples illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in
the Palace Museum: Jade 5 Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan
Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, pp.35-37, nos.17-18.
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