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A GREY AND BLACK JADE AN IVORY ‘CHILONG’ SEAL A CELADON JADE GOOSE
‘DRAGON’ PEBBLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH QING DYNASTY, 18TH
EARLY MING DYNASTY CENTURY CENTURY
A similar pebble carving of a dragon and chilong was Compare a slightly larger ivory chilong seal set upon Compare a white jade goose with its head turned
included in the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong a double gourd-shaped plinth with a two-character backwards to grasp a millet sprig in its mouth, in the
exhibition, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Fung Ping Shan inscription yiyang (‘the same as’), attributed to the Ming Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium
Museum, Hong Kong, 1986, cat. no. 182. dynasty, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society of of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol. 9, Qing
Hong Kong exhibition Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl. 153.
55 Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, 1986, cat. no. 198. 74
A BROWN AND WHITE JADE
‘DRAGON AND CLOUD’ FINIAL 65 A SONG-STYLE YELLOW JADE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH ‘HAWK’ PENDANT
CENTURY A WHITE JADE CRANE 17TH/18TH CENTURY
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH
See a slightly larger jade finial from the Avery Brundage CENTURY Pendants in the form of hawks with outstretched wings
Collection, in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, were influenced by Han dynasty prototypes, such as
illustrated in René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé, Chinese See a jade crane similarly carved with its head sharply one excavated in Xinzhuang village, Shaanxi province,
Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, turned backwards, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, included in the exhibition Gilded Dragons, British
1977, pl. LXXII. illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in Museum, London, 1999, cat. no. 23.
the Palace Museum. Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995,
57 pl. 80; another included in the exhibition Chinese 77
Jade: An Important Private Collection, Spink & Son
A WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ Ltd., London, 1991, cat. no. 153; and a slightly larger A CELADON AND BROWN
‘SHE’-SHAPED PENDANT example included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition JADE ‘LION AND CUB’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of 17TH CENTURY
CENTURY Art, Hong Kong, 1992, cat. no. 240.
A similar jade lion group is illustrated in Brian Morgan,
The form of this pendant is based on Eastern Han 66 Dr Newton’s Zoo: A Study of Post-Archaic Small Jade
prototypes, such as one included in the Oriental Ceramic Carvings, London, 1981, pl. 24.
Society of Hong Kong exhibition Art & Imitation in A WHITE JADE ‘DUCK AND
China, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong LOTUS’ CARVING
Kong, Hong Kong, 2006, cat. no. 13. QING DYNASTY, 18TH
CENTURY
61 A similarly carved jade duck was included in the
exhibition, Chinese Jade: An Important Private Collection,
A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1991, cat. no. 151.
‘DRAGON’
QING DYNASTY 68
Figures of dragons seated on their haunches were A PALE CELADON JADE ‘BIRD
popular from the Yuan period, such as one illustrated AND PRUNUS’ PENDANT
in Brian Morgan, Naturalism & Archaism: Chinese Jades 17TH/18TH CENTURY
from the Kirknorton Collection, London, 1995, pl. 57; and
another of slightly larger size, included in the Oriental Carvings of birds modelled in this pose were made
Ceramic Society of Hong Kong exhibition Art & from the Tang dynasty onwards, such as one included
Imitation in China, University Museum and Art Gallery in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese
at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2006, Jade throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum,
cat. no. 41. London, 1975, cat. no. 233; and another illustrated in
John Johnston and Chan Lai Pik, 5000 Years of Chinese
Jade, San Antonio, Texas, 2011, pl. 49.
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