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A FINELY CARVED LARGE WHITE JADE ‘HEHE
ERXIAN’ GROUP

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The group is carved in the round as a large open lotus leaf supporting
the two smiling twins, Hehe Erxian, one holding a lotus stem while
the other holding a box with a three-legged toad clambering up his
left shoulder. The white stone has a pale celadon tone and russet
highlights on areas of the leaf.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide, box

HK$8,000,000-12,000,000 US$1,100,000-1,600,000

White jade groups such as the present example became popular during
the Qianlong period in response to an increased supply of good quality
material that came with the conquest of Xinjiang. The subject matter of
Hehe Erxian, however, is extremely rare on large-sized carvings and is
more common on pendants and plaques. For jade groups of comparable
size, see a jade horse group and a jade carving of qilin in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1995, p. 109, no. 89, p. 114, no.
94, respectively.

⣏⟲䌱晽⯙␴⎰Ḵẁ炻晽⇣ᶨ⣏䇯匟叱侣⌟炻⮯␴⎰Ḵẁ⊭㈀℞
ᷕ炻Ḵẁ℞ᶨㇳ㊩匟剙炻℞ᶨㇳ㌏喌䙺炻溆㖶␴⎰Ḵẁ幓ấˤ㬌
⢾炻㚱ᶨ╄洚䩳㕤叱怲沜⎓炻ᶨ尉⽝屉⭴ᷳᶱ嵛慹垦㒨旬ᶨẁ偑
柕炻⮯╄ㄞ㯋㯃㚜䁢䂀㈀侴↢ˤℐ☐㥳⚾梥㺧炻╄洚⍲慹垦⏰ⶎ
⎛⮵奺䶂Ự⯨炻䁢䔓朊⡆㶣㳣㻹㯋㯃ˤ匟叱⍲匟剙剙䒋䘬慹湫刚
䂌䙖炻≈㶙ἄ⑩㖶渿ᷳ刚⼑炻℟㚱歖㖶䘬Ḧ昮㛅⭖⺟䌱晽桐㟤ˤ
␴⎰Ḵẁ炻Ṏ䧙␴⎰Ḵ俾炻䁢㌴䭉␴⸛ˣ╄㦪冯⨂⦣伶㺧䘬䤆
ẁ炻ẍⒸẋ㊦⼿冯⭺Ⱉℑỵ⎵₏䁢⍇✳ˤ㶭ẋ晵㬋䘯ⷅ㓽⮩⭺Ⱉ
䁢ˬ␴俾˭炻㊦⼿䁢ˬ⎰俾˭炻冒㬌侴㚜⎵㎂⣑ᶳˤ℞⼊尉ⷠἄ
咔柕䪹朊ᷳḴṢ炻ㆾḴ䪍⫸炻ᶨ㊩匟剙炻ᶨ㌏⚻䙺炻⍾␴炷匟炸
㎑⎰炷䙺炸⤥ᷳシˤ㬌⢾⛐˪␐䥖炽⛘⭀˫ᷕ炻㚱ˬἧ⨺㯪⨎炻
␴⎰Ḵ⥻˭ᷳ婒炻㓭␴⎰Ḵẁ炻⍰䁢ᷣ⨂⦣ᷳ䤆炻㉵⑩匟剙剙䒋
⚵丆㺧⫸咖咔炻⌛㚱⣂⫸⣂䤷ᷳ⭻シˤ

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