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A DEHUA HEHE ERXIAN GROUP

LATE QING DYNASTY
The twins are shown facing and laughing with one another. The
standing twin is wearing loose robes open at the chest to reveal a
ruyi-form necklace, holding in his right hand a large plantain leaf
draping over his shoulders. The other twin seated beside him with
robes open at the chest to reveal a similar necklace, with long hair
trailing down his back and a bald patch on the top of his head,
holding a half-opened basket in his right hand to reveal a bat, with a
further bat rests on the cover of the basket. The back of the group is
impressed with a four-character seal mark reading He Chaozong yin.
10√ in. (27.8 cm.) high
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
An American private collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3725
The Hehe Erxian, or the Two Immortals of Harmony and Unity, were
believed to preside over happy marriages, and are adaptations of two
famous poet-monks of the Tang dynasty, Hanshan and Shide. During the
Ming and Qing dynasties, the twins were usually depicted holding a box,
he, and a lotus stem. The homophone he provides a rebus for harmony.
Compare a very similar Dehua group with a Xu Yunlin seal mark in the
Hong Kong Museum of Art, included in the exhibition, The Wonders
of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art and illustrated in
the Catalogue, no. 141. A slightly larger group was sold at Christie's
Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2811.

晚清 德化白釉和合二仙像
款識: 何朝宗印

來源:
美國私人舊藏
香港佳士得，2011年6月1日，拍品3725號

和合二仙，為掌管和平與喜樂的神仙，其原形為唐貞觀年間兩位詩僧寒山和
拾得。明清時期，和仙常肩扛荷葉或禾穗，而合仙手俸全盒；「荷」、「盒」與
和、合同音，帶有夫妻相處和睦、家庭和合等之寓意。

香港藝術館藏有一件帶有許雲麟篆書款之近似例，於《清瓷薈錦：香港藝術
館藏清代陶瓷》展出，並載於其展覽圖錄，編號141。另一尺寸較大之近似
例，於2010年12月1日香港佳士得賣出，拍品2811號。

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