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The present lot takes its inspiration from Six
Dynasties period carvings of animals; see for
example, R.Fisher, Magic, Art and Order: Jade
in Chinese Culture, Plam Springs, 1990, p.39,
no.27, from the collection of Mr W.P.Chung; and
J.Hartman-Goldsmith, Chinese Jade, Oxford,
1986, p.51, no.16, for another in the Sonnenschein
Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

For related Ming dynasty examples, see Chung,
Michaelson and So, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong
Kong, 1996, pp.162-163, no.148: and C.T.Li and
J.C.Y.Watt, The Chinese Scholar’s Studio: Artistic
Life in the Late Ming Period, New York, 1987, no.52.

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A WHITE AND BROWN JADE ‘DOUBLE
BADGER’ CARVING
17th/18th century
Smoothly carved as two interlocking recumbent
badgers, their heads turned to face one another, the
stone of white tone with light brown patches cleverly
used to highlight the smaller badger.
6.3cm (2 1/2in) long.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
十七/十八世紀 白玉褐沁雙獾把件

Provenance: Michael Wilcox Ltd., London,
26 July 1988
A distinguished English private collection

來源：1988年7月26日，購於Michael Wilcox Ltd.
英國顯貴私人收藏

Compare with a related white jade ‘double-badger’
group from the Tuyet Nguyet Collection, illustrated
by H.K.F.Hui and T.Y.Pang, Virtuous Treasures:
Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, Hong Kong,
2007, no.103, where it is noted that ‘two badgers’
(Shuanghuan 雙獾), are a pun for ‘conjugal joy’.

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