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PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTOR
香港私人珍藏
3099
A LARGE PAIR OF WHITE JADE ‘IMMORTALS’ 白玉羣仙慶壽圖插屏一對
PLAQUES
來源:
The two plaques are exquisitely carved in relief with immortals 美國私人舊藏
and attendants, on one Shoulao stands surrounded by attendants 香港佳士得,1993年10月25日,拍品1131號
on a terrace, on the other Xiwangmu and her attendants float on a
cloud above figures watching from the terrace of her palace below.
The reverse of each plaque is carved in relief with birds and insects
in flight amid magnolia, crabapple and peony emerging from rocks
in one corner. The stone is of a pale greenish-white tone with some
opaque white mottling.
14¬ x 10Ω in. (37 x 26.7 cm.), wood stands (2)
HK$900,000-1,200,000 US$120,000-150,000
P R O V E NAN C E :
An American private collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 25 October 1993, lot 1131
(back view 背面)
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