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A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF AN IMMORTAL AND
ATTENDANT, 18TH CENTURY
White jade of almost absolute purity, with only one
faint vein of russet. Very fine surface polish.
China, Qing dynasty, 18 century
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Published: The Property of Mr Philip Cardeiro, Carol
Michaelson, Knapton Rasti Asian Art, London 2009,
lot 126.

A white jade group of a standing immortal, sporting
a long moustache and finely incised beard, wearing
flowing robes and a tall tabbed hat with a fixing
pin and raised chrysanthemum flower on top, an
attendant beside him holds a large ruyi spray with
both hands, which extends over his head, the
reverse with folds of clothes and a neatly carved
shou sign on the back of the immortal’s head.

Shape: Statue
Dimensions: Height 7,8 cm
Weight: 99,6 grams
Condition: Absolutely perfect condition
Provenance: The Philip Cardeiro collection of
Chinese jade, built from 1968 until the early 1990s,
one label to back

Auction results comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics
and Works of Art. Christies, London, 13 May 2014,
lot 224. (for an 18th century white jade figure of the
same subject, but smaller)
CHINESE ART. Sotheby’s, 01 JUNE 2015, HONG
KONG, lot 686. (for a white and russet jade figure
with the same subject)

㶭㛅䘥䌱ẁṢ䪍⫸㒢ẞ炻IJĹᶾ䲨
62 63 ⸦役䲼䘥䌱炻ᶨ䴚⽖⮷䘬刚㰩炻堐朊䢐⃱朆ⷠ列⤥
A PALE CELADON CARVING OF ‘LIU HAI AND ZHONGLI QUAN’, A SMALL ARCHAISTIC MOTTLED WHITE JADE VASE, EARLY QING ᷕ⚳炻㶭㛅炻IJĹᶾ䲨
QING DYNASTY DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY ↢䇰䈑烉䶐嘇IJijķ炻őũŪŭŪűġńŢųťŦŪųŰ⃰䓇䍵啷⑩普炻ńŢųŰŭġ
The jade of pale celadon tone, the backside with one larger cloud and The white stone with areas of opaque grey and celadon streaks as well as ŎŪŤũŢŦŭŴŰů叿炻ŌůŢűŵŰůġœŢŴŵŪṆ㳚喅埻⑩℔⎠↢䇰炻ΐ
several smaller veins of russet. Good surface polish and fine patina. a few minuscule russet veins. Good surface finish 㔎炻ijııĺ⸜ˤ
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China, Qing Dynasty, 19 century China, later 17 – 18 century 㬌䘥䌱㒢ẞ晽⇣ᶨỵ攟檵櫂䘬侩ẁṢ炻幓叿⃒晭攟
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堵炻柕枪卲剙檀ⷥ炻檀ⷥ⼴⇣㚱ȿ⢥ȿ⫿ˤᶨ㕩䘬䪍⫸
Description, school, inscriptions, marks: Liu Hai is shown with a lingzhi Of archaic bronze form with each of the flattened sides finely carved in ㇳ㊩⤪シ炻᷎偑滲埴ˤ
in his hand, standing next to a tall Daoist immortal, most likely Zhongli shallow relief showing a taotie-mask in-between a band of confronted ⼊䉨烉Ṣ䈑⼊䉨
Quan, holding a gnarly hiking pole, to which a large coin is suspended. C-scrolls, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of S-shaped openwork ⯢⮠烉檀ĸįĹ⍀䰛
Fin details such as beards and robes show neatly incised detail work. handles, the mouth and foot rims slanted and tapered. 慵慷烉ĺĺįķ⃳
There is a famous story about how Liu Hai was converted to Daoism. One ⑩䚠㤝⤥
day, at the height of his glory, Liu met a Daoist monk who called himself Shape: Flattened baluster 伶⚳䞍⎵㓞啷⭞ńįőʼnŊōŊőġńłœŅņŊœŐ⃰䓇䍵啷⑩炻㕤
Zheng Yangzi “Master of Correct Yang” but was actually the renowned Dimensions: Height 11,4 cm IJĺķĹ⸜军IJĺĺı⸜ẋ⣏慷㓞啷ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩ˤ
Immortal Zhongli Quan. He asked Liu to get ten eggs and ten gold cash Weight: 140,5 grams 栆Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨẞ庫⮷䘬IJĹᶾ䲨䘥䌱ẁṢ䪍⫸炻⍫夳Ἓ
coins (with a hole in the middle), and then placed a coin under each, and Condition: Good condition with tiny nibbling to lip and one small natural ⢓⼿˪ᷕ⚳䒟☐⍲ⶍ喅䱦⑩˫炻ΐ㔎炻ijıIJĵ⸜Ķ㚰IJĴ㖍炻
piled them one on top of another. Liu yelled “How dangerous!” and the flaw to foot rim ㉵⑩䶐嘇ijijĵˤᶨẞ䘥䌱ⷞ䙖ẁṢ䪍⫸炻⍫夳喯⭴㭼˪
Daoist smilingly replied, “The position of a prime minister is much more Provenance: United Kingdom private collection ᷕ⚳喅埻䍵⑩˫炻ijıIJĶ⸜ķ㚰IJ㖍炻楁㷗炻㉵⑩䶐嘇ķĹķˤ
dangerous!” Liu was suddenly awakened, resigned from his position,
gave up his wealth, left home, and went wandering. Auction results comparison: THE MUWEN TANG COLLECTION OF EstimateġEUR 1.000,-
CHINESE JADES. Sotheby’s, 01 DECEMBER 2016, HONG KONG, lot 139. Starting price EUR 500,-
Shape: Figural (for a small white jade vase with carved taotie masks) Luminous Colors:
Dimensions: Height 7,5 cm Treasures from the Shorenstein Collection. Christies, Hong Kong, 1
Weight: 83,5 cm December 2010, lot 2955. (for a small mottled jade vase with carved
Condition: Excellent, with only very minor wear taotie masks)
Provenance: German private collection
㶭ẋầ⎌曺䘥䌱暁俛䒞
㶭ẋ㶭䘥䌱晽ȿ∱㴟冯挦暊㪲ȿ 曺䘥䌱炻䀘⸽ⷞ曺䌱㡅䲳⍲崌刚䲳䎮炻堐朊䢐⃱列⤥
曺䘥䌱刚婧炻側朊ᶨ䇯暚䉨⍲⸦䴚墸刚㰩炻堐朊⃱㹹炻⊭㻧䳘兑 ᷕ⚳炻IJĸᶾ䲨㘂㛇军IJĹᶾ䲨
ᷕ⚳炻㶭㛅炻IJĺᶾ䲨 䒞幓㴖晽䳘兑炻暁俛晽ⶍⶏ⥁
⑩䚠㤝⤥ ⑩䚠列⤥
⽟⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġEUR 300,- EstimateġEUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 150,- Starting price EUR 250,-

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