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A LARGE JADEITE FIGURE OF AN IMMORTAL 清末 翠玉仙女獻壽立像
LATE QING DYNASTY
來源：
the female deity depicted standing, her arms raised holding a 亞洲私人收藏
leafy sprig of lingzhi, clad in long billowing robes and draped
over with a celestial scarf, her face with a serene expression 香港佳士得2013年5月29日，編號2196
below hair piled up in an elaborate chignon, the figure
slightly turned to her left towards a horse standing beside,
the animal issuing from its mouth a stream of vaporous
clouds rising up to the figure’s shoulder supporting a yinyang
symbol, the variegated stone of apple-green, emerald and
caramel-russet tones cleverly incorporated into the design
30.2 cm, 11⅞ in.

PROVENANCE
An Asian private collection.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th May 2013, lot 2196.

HK$ 1,200,000-1,800,000
US$ 153,000-230,000

It is rare to find a jadeite figure of such large proportions and
fine stone quality. The natural variegation of the colours in
the stone has been skilfully utilised to render different areas
of the design, including the rich reddish-brown lingzhi head,
and the brilliant apple-green clouds. Similarly carved figures
include a figure of Guanyin, illustrated in Stanley Charles
Nott, Voices from the Flowery Kingdom, New York, 1947, pl.
LXXIV; and another sold in these rooms, 29th October 2001,
lot 719, and sold again at Christie’s New York, 24th/25th
March 2011, lot 1515. Compare also a figure of Magu holding
a jia wine vessel, in the National Museum of History, Taipei,
illustrated in The Jade Carving of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Taipei,
1990, pp. 108-109.

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