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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE
MR. J. L. C. PEARCE (1918-2017)
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A LARGE WHITE JADE ‘CRANES’ GROUP The imagery of cranes and peaches portrays a wish for longevity, with both
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) symbols closely associated with the Immortal, Shoulao, the God of Longevity.
The large carving is impressively executed as a larger and a smaller crane, In Chinese mythology, peaches give long life to whomever consumes them,
conjoined with their heads turned towards each other, each grasping a gnarled and hence are heavily featured in imagery associated with Immortals and
leafy peach branch in their beaks. Each bird is depicted with their wings folded other legendary fgures.
at their sides and their legs tucked beneath them. The details of their feathers
are fnely incised. The stone is of an even white tone with a small russet Compare a smaller example dating to the 18th-19th century housed in the
inclusion to the underside. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 02.18.555 and one
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.)
dated to the 18th century sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2015, lot
£30,000-50,000 $40,000-65,000 3657. Compare also the stylistically similar water vessel carved as a single
€34,000-56,000 crane and peach from the James E. Sowell Collection sold at Christie’s New
York, 16 September 2015, lot 660.
PROVENANCE
With T. Y. King & Sons, Hong Kong, 23 December 1967.
清乾隆 白玉雙鶴銜壽桃擺件
來源:
J. L. C. Pearce先生(1918-2017)舊藏, 家傳至今
1967年12月23日購自香港古董商T. Y. King & Sons

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