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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A WHITE JADE 'SAILING BOAT' GROUP ᪺ڊՌ ڊ̐ˡ☹ Ⅾἕ㢰ːຑ㧱㦙Ꮙͭ
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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The stone is worked into the form of a boat with a single mast and
⧻இ֗ߧ㋱႔ዃ㯀ݩݬஎᝧ㱦ؼ㉂උ৘ᝯ⯠⻦
sail, with a bearded man wearing a rain cape and rain hat at the
㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
stern steering the boat, and three other younger sailors at the oars.
The stone is of an even creamy-white tone. ஙऱឆݯձឬ㐏⎏⻱ワ৅ӳ㫍ज㇦ߪႭⰄ⎏㕇ᆴ卿ֿսݯἃԖ
8 ¿ in. (20.6 cm.), Japanese wood box
㯪⎏ℱ㫌׾ຽ࣐ࢦߎ⧎㇦卿⩧ӻໄӽ׾ຽഅἃᏓ⯰ǯႭⰄᙻ⥾
HK$1,500,000-2,500,000 US$200,000-320,000 ⊺ӳ⎏ヿ→जࣻ⩠ℳ⩊Ƕᄮᾭࢶ႗எǷ卿எԋཆႭⰄڔἃ᳖Ⴝ
ࢶ႗Ւ㘻႙ݰࣿཿ▔இඳ⎏㞒㇝ሻ⊂࡚஠ᒠᒖӴ׹卿㇦Ƕ$IJOB
PROVENANCE
UIF 5ISFF &NQFSPST Ƿ卿ٳᘹ卿 卿எ‸ 卻࣍
Property of the Wheaton Public Library Board of Trustees,
ࢦӬ཭㛑卼厎ᙻᇙ≢ӳ⎏ᓼ⥾ߺजࣻ⩠Գ㪏ᰑᆭℱᯛྒྷஎ≡卿
Wheaton, Illinois
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 9 October 1990, lot 987 ㇦Ƕԋஇ≢଍ⴃ⢆⣉ᘘ⻦Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 卿எ‸ ǯ
The sailing boat as a motif is found on several other ℱ㫌Ꮣ⯰जࣻ⩠झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ꮢ⻦Հ׾卿Ӭἃ⎊ℱ卿ݱ⻦⤔
contemporary media of this period, such as in paintings, ⽚厍ᘢℱ 卿Ӭἃ㬪⎊ℱ卿ݱ⻦⤔⽚厍ᘢℱ 厎࢈՗
as seen on The Kangxi Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦㬪ℱ჌⎪Ӭ׾卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕℱ଍
by Wang Hui, detail of the eleventh scroll showing many 卻Ӵ卼Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 卿எ‸ 厎㇛㪿எ⻱ワ㱦⻦㬪⎊ℱӬ׾卿
sailing boats is illustrated in China, the Three Emperors 1662-
1795, London, 1995, pp. 86-87, no. 13; and on porcelain, as Ƕ$IJOFTF +BEFT GSPN UIF $PMMFDUJPO PG UIF 4FBUUMF "SU .VTFVNǷ卿
exemplified by a yangcai vase depicting the Jade Spring எ‸ 厎ࣿ㲞ᳰ㚥Ẃᙱᐽ㐈⎊ℱӬ׾卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ
Mountain in the Alan Chuang Collection, see The Alan Chuang ৅ ⽚ǯ
Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2009, no. 109.
It is much rarer to find sailing boats rendered in jades, with
most other jade carvings depicting sampans instead. For jade
carvings of sampans, see two examples in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, one of white jade, the other of greenish-white,
see collection numbers: guyu-003359 and guyu-000541,
respectively; a celadon and russet jade example in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware, III, Hong Kong,
1995, no. 32; another greenish-white example in the Seattle
Art Museum, illustrated in Chinese Jades from the Collection of
the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, no.64; and a white jade
sampans sold at Bonham’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2018, lot 40.

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