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PROPERTY OF A LADY
271
A PALE CELADON-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘ELEPHANT AND
HEHE ERXIAN’ GROUP
17th/18th Century
Carved from a vertical trapezoidal-shaped pebble with a wrinkled old
elephant with long tusks and head bowed to one side and wearing
a fringed lotus blanket over his back which is surmounted by the
laughing twins, Hehe Erxian, one holding a circular box, the other a
lotus stem and clambering either side of a tripod censer and cover
ding, the toes and underside of the feet well delineated, the attractive
stone with areas of skin and inclusions highlighting the scene; with a
stepped stand.
3 1/2in (9cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

十七/十八世紀 青白玉帶皮太平有象把件

Provenance:
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1981

來源:
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, 紐約，1981年
For another celadon and russet jade carving of the same subject but
of larger size, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection
271 of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.220, no. 170. Like
ours, a vessel is carved atop the blanket which centers the elephant’s
back and the boys clamber to the sides. For a slightly later white
jade boy and elephant group, see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu
Zhenpin Quanji, Jadeware III (Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum), Hong Kong, 1995, p.117, no. 97.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
272
A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE LION CARVING
Probably 18th century
The well carved recumbent lion with its head turning to the right, a pair
of long horns laying on its back head, carrying a pair scrolls tied with
ribbons on the back, the rear with a bushy tail sweeping back to the
lion’s mouth, the grey celadon stone with russet inclusion.
2 3/4in (7cm) long
$2,500 - 3,500

或為十八世紀 青玉雕瑞獸

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