Page 94 - Fine Chinese Works of Art Bonhams Hong Kong May 2018

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
Lots 34 - 45
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A VERY FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A RAFT A flower-basket is often associated either with the Daoist figure Magu,
Qianlong or that of Lan Caihe. In the present lot it is filled with peony blossoms
Exquisitely carved as a curving gnarled log raft with two seated figures, and lingzhi fungus, and combined with the hanging double-gourd,
one holding a leafy floral stem behind his shoulder and the other with represents the auspicious wishes for long life, riches and honour.
an oar, separated by a basket of blooming flowers and lingzhi fungus,
with a double-gourd hanging from a branch, the well-polished stone of The raft is exquisitely rendered in lustrous white jade, with the gnarled
an attractive white tone, wood stand. naturalistic log shape softly and roundly polished, and the details of the
13.8cm (5 1/2in) long (2). figures and basket crisply carved, resulting in a masterful carving.

HK$120,000 - 150,000 Compare a celadon jade raft, 18th/19th century, similarly carved
US$15,000 - 19,000 with two figures flanking a central flower-basket, which was sold at
Christie’s Paris, 15 December 2010, lot 101. See also another related
清乾隆 白玉雕仙人乘槎 very pale green-white jade raft group, 18th century, which was sold at
Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1035.

Provenance:
A distinguished European private collection, acquired by the
grandparents of the present owner and thence by descent

來源：
顯赫歐洲私人收藏，由現藏家祖父母獲得並由其家族繼承